Disregarding God
To
disregard God can take many forms. Some people completely say that there is no
God. Others know in their hearts that God exists but they do not acknowledge
Him, they just live as if there is no God. Others have disregard for the Word
of God, though they profess to be Christians if you preach to them the Truth as
recorded in the Bible they will call you names like extremist, holier than thou
or Jesus freak. Others have disregard for the things of God like the Temple of God
both the physical place of worship and the body which is the temple of God where
He lives by His Spirit whom we have received when we got born again.
A person
with disregard for God will use the alter of God to make money, preaching the
gospel of their own stomach. A gospel that glorifies themselves and not God. You
can find someone with disregard for the things of God Whatsapping nonsense in
church or doing their make up in church.
The sons of
Eli were like this; they had disregard for the house of God and for the
offerings of God which actually meant that they did not fear God. They died in
their youth.
1 Samuel 2:12
Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord.
Displeasing God
There are
many things we can do that can displease God. Below are few examples that show
us that complaining, injustice and despising children displeases God. We should
therefore seek the guidance of scriptures and the Holy Spirit in order not to
displease God
Numbers
11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard
it; and His anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and
consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
Isaiah
59:15 Truth is nowhere to be found and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The
Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Mark 10:14
But when Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them, suffer the
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the
kingdom of God.
Dishonouring God
Sometimes
we may have regard for God and yet fall short in giving God the full honour due
to Him. Sometimes we can even give great honour to influential people like celebrities,
government officials or church leaders and yet fail to give the Creator of all
heaven and earth even the same honour and that’s not okay.
God is a
Jealous God, we have to be careful not to rouse His jealous.
If you are
African like myself, most of us have the culture of greeting elders on our
knees and I don’t see anything wrong with it, the problem comes about when it
comes to God you pray while sitting on your chair.
We can
dishonour God when we pay our bills, fees etc in full and on time but to God we
find excuses and we withhold offerings and tithes to God.
Malachi 1:6
“A son honours his father, and a servant his master. If I am a Father, where is
the honour due me? If I am a Master, where is the respect due me?” says the
Lord Almighty…
Disobeying God
Disobedience
also carries many forms. It is a form of rebellion. It is to know the truth and
the right path but to choose not to walk in it.
Saul is one
of the people who disobeyed God. God gave him a direct and specific command
which he partially fulfilled. He disobeyed God’s command and spared some
animals and people he had been told to completely destroy. Prophet Samuel told
Saul that to obey is better than sacrifice.
1 Samuel
15:22-23 But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than
sacrifice, and to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the
fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like
the evil of idolatry….
Deuteronomy
27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his
commandments and His statues
It is a
very easy thing to disregard, displease, dishonour and disobey God and it can
be hard to regard, please, honour and obey God but we should remember that the
road that leads to life is narrow. We should also remember that on our own we
can do nothing but it is by the Spirit of God that we learn to regard, please,
honour and obey God.
When we do
this walk in the greatest command to love God with all our hearts, soul and
mind.
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