Opposing God

May 25

(Acts 11:16-17 NIV) “Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' {17} So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?”

(Hebrews 11:7 NIV) “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”

(Jonah 1:1-3 NIV) “The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: {2} "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." {3} But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.”

When God calls us to go somewhere, and do something for him and we refuse, we end up opposing God. When Jonah refused to go to Nineveh, he was opposing God. If Noah had declined to build an ark, he would have been opposing God. And if Peter had not obeyed the vision and gone to the household of Cornelius, he would have been opposing God. Today, when we will not go where the Lord tells us to go, or do what He calls us to do we also end up opposing God. How foolish can we be? Each one of us has some kind of calling on our life that could reach a household somewhere for Jesus. Maybe it’s a household across the sea. Maybe it’s the household across the street. Maybe it’s even our own household. Go where the Spirit tells you to go, and do what He calls you to do, or join the ranks of those opposing God. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day