Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times." (2 Kings 13:18-19)
The text indicates that Elisha was telling Joash to shoot all the arrows into the ground. After three arrows, Joash stopped and did not completely obey the command from God. Gods blessing and deliverance was tied to Joash's obedience.
God wants to work in our lives, but we need to be prepared to obey His commands even if they don't make any sense to us. Often it is the simple things God tells us to do. If we are obedient in these, God will then work mighty things in and through our lives.
How easy is it for me to focus on what I do for God, my works. God tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice (I Samuel 15:22) and that our obedience is a sign of our love for Jesus. (John 14:21 - "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me."
God wants us to live pure and holy lives. We can't do it without His help, but with His help we can do it. May we worship our God through simple obedience.
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