Joel 2: 11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Some of us are yet to learn what true obedience to God’s word really entails, for some have cultivated strange, weird, fuzzy, and distorted variants of what God requires when He speaks to us. That type of obedience currently done by many Christians would not even come near to cutting it, at the time of the latter rain, which is to fall just prior to the close of human probation.
Currently, some persons question God before they obey, some require logical answers before moving upon His word, others require a detailed outline of future events, others have to agree first before they obey, while some even presume to argue with God, about the right or more rational course of action to pursue, before obeying His word.
There are others, who must obtain permission first from family members and friends before they obey, for in their minds the approval of loved ones is most essential to obedience. Jesus took care of this last view on obedience, when He called His disciples, so that some of them who responded by saying they had this or that to do first before they obeyed, were corrected in love, on the matter.
Luke 9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!