Gloria Copeland — Two Ways Israel Obeyed

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Gloria Copeland

God dealt with the Israelites in two ways: He told them to keep His statutes and ordinances, and He told them to obey His voice. Throughout all generations God never intended for His people to have only the written ordinances. If they would listen and obey the statutes and ordinances, they would also have His voice coming to them telling them what to do.

There were times when God spoke to Israel regarding specific situations. He told them what to do to get victory because He was their God and they were His people.

As long as they obeyed His voice, no enemy could stand before them. There might be many standing against them who were stronger in the natural realm, but that did not matter. As long as they obeyed the voice of the Lord, He moved supernaturally and they walked in victory because God was with them.

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you (Jeremiah 7:23).

The Father was continually telling Israel, “I will be your God. I will take care of you. I will meet all your needs. Just obey My voice and keep My Word.” Isaiah 1:19 says, “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.”

In the same way, God can only go as far as we’ll go with Him. God says in 1 Samuel 2:30, “…them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” How much you honor God in your life is how much God can honor you. Whatever area you hold back from Him, in whatever area you are disobedient, that is the area He can’t bless. You’ve closed the door to Him in that area because of your disobedience. As we continue our study of obedience, we’ll see that all through His Word God makes it very clear that if we want things to go well for us in this earth we must choose to obey what He says. God’s way is the only way that liberates us from bondage into victory.

Gloria Copeland

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