“The Open Secret”

“The Open Secret”

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you:  to love the LORD your God, to walk in ALL His Ways, to OBEY His Commands to HOLD FAST to Him and to SERVE Him with ALL your HEART and ALL your SOUL.    Joshua 22:5

Joshua, the successor to Moses, led the Israelites to CONQUER the land, which was PROMISED to them by the ALMIGHTY GOD.  He was SUCCESSFUL because Joshua, was OBEDIENT to GOD and his MOTIVE for that OBEDIENCE was his LOVE for GOD.  And this is the OPEN SECRET: LOVE and OBEDIENCE to the LIVING GOD.

Joshua gave the people the BEST ADVICE that could EVER be given to them.  He ENCOURAGED them to DELIGHT in WALKING or LIVING in ALL GOD’S WAYS, OBEYING ALL His COMMANDS.  Jesus, God’s Only Son, tells us that:  “If you LOVE ME, you will OBEY what I command” 

(John 14:15).  So, you can see the IMPORTANCE of OBEDIENCE in our RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  Joshua also says to: CLING to the LORD and SERVE HIM with ALL your HEART and SOUL.  Because Joshua LOVED and OBEYED the LORD his GOD, he was SUCCESSFUL in carrying out GOD’S PERFECT PLAN for the WHOLE nation of ISRAEL.  And for the Nation to be SUCCESSFUL in their LIVELIHOOD and their RELATIONSHIP to GOD, they MUST LOVE and OBEY ALL of GOD’S COMMANDS.  They were to CLING to the LORD and SERVE HIM with ALL their HEART and SOUL.  

This advice is SO APPLICABLE to God’s Children, today.  We MUST TRULY LOVE and OBEY God’s Holy Word. We MUST DELIGHT in WALKING in ALL HIS WAYS, and to OBEY ALL His COMMANDS. And CLING to HIM and SERVE HIM with ALL our HEART and SOUL.  And to do it with a TRUE ABIDING LOVE and OBEDIENCE to HIM.  

To DISOBEY is the GREATEST SIN, and along with the DISOBEDIENCE, comes REBELLION against God and His WORD.  This attitude of the HEART will lead to a DREADFUL, FEARFUL DESTINY, an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  However, JESUS CHRIST has made a WAY for you to be able to ESCAPE HELL and to GAIN HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  He GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your WRETCHED, SINFUL SOUL.  To change your DESTINY you MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS.  And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and LOVE and OBEY His COMMANDS, because this is the OPEN SECRET to a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!