Loving God is to obey

No matter how strong your anointing or how much gifts you possess, do not use them to measure your standing with God. When Moses struck the rock twice for water, he was in disobedience because God had told him to speak to the rock for water to come out. However, out of His Grace, God still provided the blessing or provision (water).

He sends rain to the righteous and wicked. However, in many times, the wicked eat much better than some of His own people. It is not about one's anointing or spiritual gifts with God that will always determine whether you eat or not. It is His Grace that provides the provisions for us whether we are in good terms with Him or not or whether we believe in HIM or not. He feeds the wicked giving them time to repent!

In Matthew 7:21-24, He is addressing own people who are calling Him Lord, Lord and possessed gifts and they were able to cast demons out but at the end were told to depart from HIM because of their lawlessness. Someone can still possess the anointing and spiritual gifts but choose to live in sin. The gifts are irrevocable! In fact, receiving spiritual gifts can become the most dangerous thing for some of us as our heads become puff with pride.

The anointing and gifts are there to draw us closer to HIM. We are to fully obey and fully surrendered following His commandments. You must keep His commandments which is a physical manifestation or an expression of your love to HIM. You must walk and live in holiness living a life worthy of HIM.

1 JOHN 2:3-6 And this is how we may discern [[b]daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments).4Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth [[c]of the Gospel] is not in him.5But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him:6Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as [d]a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.

1 John 5:3(AMP) For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).

Fire of God
Steve Yong Kim
March 24, 2012