Obedience Instills Hope

Those who make obedience to Jehovah their way of life experience even now the fulfillment of Proverbs 1:33, which says:  "As for the one listening [obediently] to me, he will reside in security and be undisturbed from dread of calamity."  How marvelously these comforting words will apply during Jehovah's coming day of  vengeance!  In fact, Jesus told his disciples:  "As these things to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near."  (Luke21:28)  Clearly, only those obedient to God will have the confidence to heed these words. -Matthew 7:21. 

Another reason for confidence is that "the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets."  (Amos 3:7) Today, Jehovah does not inspire prophets as in the past; instead, he has commissioned a faithful slave class to provide timely spiritual food to his household.  (Matthew 24:45-47) How important, therefore, that we have an obedient attitude toward that "slave"!  As the following article will show, such obedience also reflects our attitude toward Jesus, the 'slave's' master.  He is the One to whom 'the obedience of the peoples belongs.' -Genesis 49:10.

Next time: CULTIVATE OBEDIENCE AS THE END DRAWS NEAR

The Watchtower, 2002