“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled”. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6

Obedience is one of the things that launches the believer into the realm of praying without utterance. You can bring down imaginations, destroy strongholds and avenge every disobedience, just by your own obedience to the instructions of God.

If you do whatever He tells you to do, the devil cannot undo you (1 Peter 3:13). You can live a hurt-free life through obedience, because it renders your enemies helpless and endears you to God for divine favour.

Our ministry is blessed financially, and yet we have never prayed to God to send us money. Where is the money coming from? From obedience! We sow wherever God directs us to, that is why things just keep happening for us financially without any struggles.

A cheap way to disarm the devil is through obedience to Scriptures. At the marriage in Cana of Galilee, when they ran out of wine, after telling Jesus about it, Mary said to the people, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. (John 2:1-9). Obedience turned their lack and impending shame into plenty and glory. Do you want a happy and peaceful home? The Bible says, 

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it”. Ephesians 5:22-25

Just obey this instruction and you will never need to pray for peace in your home. Once, I was trying to reason things out and I said to God, ‘Lord, I can see Your finger in my life in a very strong way, but I have not cried for it the way others do’. He said, ‘I am committed to you, My son, because you are committed to Me’.

On 4th September, 1987, the Lord spoke to me from the book of Hebrews, on the importance of prophet’s offering. I never heard it from anywhere before, but from that time on, I have been obedient to that Word. I wasn’t worth 50,000 naira when He told me, but now, I give offerings to other prophets in millions and that is apart from my Kingdom investments.

It is not that God loves some people more than others. It is simply that some have placed themselves where they naturally compel God’s love. There is a place in God where all other things are added to you without you asking for them.

“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God”. Deuteronomy 28:1-2

I have been on that frequency for so many years and it has never failed me. The Lord spoke to one man in our church, to change the carpet on the altar. He took permission from the pastor and did it. A few days later, he stumbled into a two-million-naira deal! He did not need to pray for that breakthrough, it came as a result of his obedience to the voice of the Lord.

If you do not obey the general rules of Christianity, how will you ever enjoy the blessings of God without asking? Strengthen your stand on the obedience line and you will send the devil parking without tears. Value is a function of cost. If Christianity does not cost us anything, it will deliver no value to us. Obedience is the price for divine value. God keeps on enhancing our value in the Kingdom as we build up our obedience to Him. When your obedience in any area is fulfilled, you will naturally and automatically avenge all disobedience, and enjoy rest in that area.

When God told Abraham to leave his native land and move to a place He would show him, the Bible says, So Abram departed… (Genesis 12:4). As a result of his obedience, God became committed to him and said to him,

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed”. Genesis 12:2-3

When Abimelech took Abraham’s wife, God plagued him and his household and even made him to know that He (God) was punishing him for Abraham’s sake Abraham never prayed to God about it. His obedience was speaking for Him. In Genesis 13:2, we are told,

“And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold”.

He became this through obedience. God has said, 

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts”. Malachi 3:10-11

Instead of proving God by paying their tithes, many are praying to Him for finances even in their disobedience. It doesn’t answer to prayer. Do what He has commanded. Prove Him and see if He won’t fulfill His part. The Bible says,

“Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer”. 1 Corinthians 10:10

And there you are, murmuring and praying at the same time. Of course, the murmuring cancels out the effect of the prayer, because no scripture has power to nullify the other.

When God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, on mount Moriah, Abraham did not say a word of prayer. He went straight to the mountain, built an altar, laid the boy on it and was about to do as he had been commanded when God called to him from heaven. His obedience earned him a stronger commitment and affection from God. God swore to Abraham,

“And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice”. Genesis 22:16-18

Just operate the obedience line, it will earn you much more than you can ever ask for in prayer. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 catalogues the blessings reserved for those who obey God, whereas verses 15-68 tells us the curses and calamities that follow disobedience. The curses are quite terrible.

In 1 Samuel 15, God sent Saul to destroy the Amalekites for what they did to the children of Israel when they journeyed from Egypt to Canaan. Saul was instructed to destroy everything and everybody, but he decided to spare the king of the land and some cattle, for a flimsy religious reason.

“But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king”. 1 Samuel 15: 21-23

God delights more in our obedience than in our sacrifices. Obedience is supreme! Disobedience angers God and moves Him to reject people and whosoever is rejected of God becomes an easy prey of the devil.

“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land”. Isaiah 1:19

The good of the land is available to all, but access to it is for only the obedient. So, take advantage of this silent prayer line, which commits God to answer you, even before you call. And very soon, people will begin to ask you, ‘Do you ever have problems?’ because you will i live as though the devil did not exist. All because of the divine covering obedience commands…

This text is an extract from the book “WINNING PRAYER” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
We invite you to read the following article “PROOF OF WINNING PRAYERS“.