But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.’ Jeremiah 7:23-24

If we obey God’s voice, He said He will be our God, so on the contrary it means ‘disobey His voice and He will not be our God’. How many of us went through hell because of bad decisions we took when we disobeyed our parents. Our parents told us to go in a certain direction and because we thought we were all grown up we didn’t have to obey them, we ended up suffering the consequences.

Satan is who he is today because he disobeyed the voice of God. When we read the bible, we must obey what is written. Jesus said the door is narrow, and it is still narrow today, no one can make it wider. Whenever we disobey we take one step backwards and not forward. Many people were supposed to be further along in life, but due to disobedience, they are heading backwards. When we head backwards (through disobedience) we are heading towards hell, when we move forward (obedience) we are heading towards Heaven.

Decide if you want to walk forward or backwards. When you disobey you are building your life on the sand. Whatever separates us from God is not of God. LOSE IT BUT DON’T LOSE GOD! Whether it is a job, a career, a promotion, a relationship, whatever it may be that separates you from God is not of God.

If you are single, God will never bring you someone that will separate you from God. Put God first, don’t go by the emotions of your heart. Live by the reasoning of your mind, not by the feelings of your heart. Money, relationships, trips, anything that separates you from God will be causing you to walk backwards instead of forward towards Heaven.

Move up! Move forward to the next level! Don’t downgrade your spiritual life.

May the God of the Bible bless you!

Bishop Bira Fonseca