Daily Affirmations - Day 4 - The Cost of Obedience - At Thy Word, I Will

Alisa B.
Sep 16, 2025
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Day 4: At Thy word, I will

I obey Your Word and Laws, for You know all my ways

Nevertheless at Thy word l will... (Luke 5:5 - KJV).

In Jesus Christ we have a Leader who never errs in wisdom. He never gives wrong advice. He is never mistaken in His decision as to what we ought to do. We are absolutely sure that His commands are both right and wise...

It may seem to us, from the human and earthly side, that the course on which He is taking us can lead only to disaster. In such cases, it is an immeasurable comfort to us to know that His biddings are always absolutely infallible...

We may always say to Christ—whatever His bidding may be, whatever He asks us to do or to suffer, into whatever mystery or trial or pain He may lead us—“At Thy word, I will.”

Though to our narrow, limited vision it seems that only hurt and loss can come to us out of the experience, still we may heed and obey the Voice which calls and commands, knowing that in spite of all seeming ill—there must be blessing and good in the end. We need never question the divine wisdom.

Who are we, that we could know better than God what we need, what will bring to us the truest good? God’s will is always perfect—and we may completely, unquestioningly accept it, knowing that the outcome will be blessing...

We have only one thing to do—to obey Christ. In whatever way His will is made known to us, whether in His word, through our own consciences, or in His providences, we have but to accept it and do it... There can never be any mistake in our Master’s guidance... Christ cannot fail to keep His smallest word.

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Someday faith will be made sight, and we shall see that the end of all our Lord’s commands, all His leadings, is good.

“Sometime, when all life’s lessons have been learned,

And sun and stars forevermore have set,

The things which our weak judgments here have spurned,

The things o’er which we grieved with lashes wet,

Will flash before us, out of life’s dark night,

As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;

And we shall see how all God’s plans are right,

And how what seems reproof was love most true.

“But not today. Then be content, poor heart!

God’s plans like lilies pure and white unfold.

We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart,

Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.