How well do you adhere to instructions and commandments? In other words "What's your level of obedience"?

Jeremiah 35:1-10
KJV:The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2KJV:Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

3KJV:Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

4KJV:And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

5KJV:And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

6KJV:But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

7KJV:Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

8KJV:Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

9KJV:Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

10KJV:But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

We all know the story. How Jonadab gave and instruction to His children and they all obeyed.
And even when the Lord tested them, to see if they will fail and disobey the voice of their father, but they didn't, rather the stood their ground and adhered to their father's commands and instructions.
That even the Lord confirmed that indeed a man or descendant will not lack in the house of Jonadab to stand by him and serve him

Now the question is: how many of us can adhere to instructions just like the children of Jonadab?
How many even adhere to the instructions of our earthly father or parents let alone God.

18KJV:And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

19KJV:Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

Remember Ephesians 6 says "...children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right, honour your father and mother....."

How many of us obeys our parents and adhere to their instructions?
Am a victim of this word today because most times I don't adhere to instructions, in fact often times I do things out of instructions or commandments.

We also be a victim of this, if we can't obey our earthly fathers and mothers, how much more will we obey God.
Remember it was through the obedience of Jonadab's children did God found out that truly He has a descendant from his household to serve him, he saw that Jonadab's children adhered to the instructions of the father and nothing could make them deviate not even God himself.

My prayer this day is that we obey our parents in the Lord and also obey God.
That it may please God to find us worthy because of our obedience in Jesus name, Amen.!
May we be like the children of Jonadab and even better. Amen.

Shalom.!
Stay blessed.!

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