May 12 – Obey the Lord, Serve the Lord, Keep His Law. 131x.

May 12
1 Samuel 12:1-13:23
John 7:1-30
Psalm 108:1-13
Proverbs 15:4

I Samuel 12:5 – If we are going to speak for God, we must make sure that nobody can accuse us of wrong.

I Samuel 12:14 – 38 times in the Old Testament we see emphasized the need to obey the voice of the LORD. Obedience brings blessing. Disobedience brings judgment. (If you don’t know what God wants you to do – memorizing the Ten Commandments is a great way to start!)

I Samuel 12:20 – Obedience conveys a parent-child relationship, but serve implies a master-slave relationship. 68 times in the Old Testament it refers to serving the LORD. The very name Adonai (Hebrew) or Kurios (Greek) translated Lord (lower case) means Master. While He has adopted us as sons (Galatians 4:5, Ephesians 1:5), sonship is only for those who have called upon Him as their Lord/Master (Romans 10:13, Acts 2:21). Samuel reiterates this in I Samuel 12:24.

I Samuel 13:14 – Just a seemingly slight disobedience (and completely rationalizable) but it cost Saul the kingdom. How much does your sin cost you?

I Samuel 13:16 – Interesting that Saul followed Samuel unto Gibeah.

John 7:19 – Jesus uses the phrase “keep the law.” In addition to Obey the Lord, Serve the Lord, we have 25 references in the Old Testament to Keeping the Law.

Psalm 108:2 – This is a difficult command for me – to awake early. But there is blessing to those who arise early to seek the Lord! (Psalm 63:1).

Psalm 108:5 – This is the 4th time in the Psalms we see this phrase (Psalm 21:13, Psalm 57:5, Psalm 57:11).  May we sing Be Thou Exalted, forever and ever!

Proverbs 15:4 – Yet another verse about the tongue – and we’re not even to James!