John 14: 21 says,” He that hath my commandments, and keepth them ,he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved by Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him”.
These words clearly tells us that if we want Jesus to reveal Himself to us then it is very important for us to follow and obey what He says. Now through the word of God we will see what are His commands given to us .
The first command that we know He has given us is written in Mark 12 :29 – 31,”Jesus answered him “O,Israel, the lord our God ,the lord is one . Love the lord your God with all your heart .” We see from the Bible that Jesus gave Himself completely to God the father and obeyed Him and as a result God blessed Him with 12 disciples who also obeyed Jesus till their last breath.
As Jesus gave His life for God the Father ,same way His disciple could also get the courage to do for Jesus. We see in the Bible that Jesus humbled Himself to the extent that He kept talking to people only through the word of God and the word of knowledge to tell them about the kingdom of God. He always answered all the Pharisees and the scholars only through the word of God.
We never see Jesus boasting about His miracles and Wonders that He was performing but He always insisted on being obedient to God and to follow God’s ways and not our own ways. He always showed his power in His obedience and devotion towards God and it was His devotion and dedication that kept Him always one with God. They remained one and still they are one. We thank the Lord that same obedience and dedication was found among all His disciples.
John 14 :12 says,” whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things ,because I am.”
John 14 23 says, Jesus answered and said unto him ,if a man loves Me, he will keep My words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.”
Our life ,our hope ,our peace and our joy would be glorified only by walking in obedience with Christ and not in walking in our own understanding.
Prayer
Lord ,my God I commit myself into your Mighty hands .Help me Lord in walking the way which pleases you and not to take decisions of my life according to my own understanding but completely depending you and your Holy Spirit.
Amen
Sol.Khushi