In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of obeying God's commands. He highlights the story of Saul, who claimed to have obeyed God but was confronted by Samuel about his disobedience. The speaker emphasizes that true obedience requires complete surrender and the willingness to let go of old ways and values. He encourages the church to walk in the supernatural and press forward towards the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

If you'd open your Bibles, please, to the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 15. In the Old Testament, when obedience makes you dance. When obedience makes you dance. Now, while you're finding that, let's pray together. Father, I thank you, Lord God, with all my heart, for the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Lord, if you didn't come, if you don't anoint and give weight to this Word, it is rather pointless for me to speak it. You're the only one that can give life to the Word of God. You're the only one that can cause our hearts to burn. You're the only one that can put in us the desire to obey. Jesus, Son of God, I appeal to you today. Lord, to anoint me, to anoint the hearers in this sanctuary today. Give us the grace to hear you. And I thank you for it in your precious name. Amen. When obedience makes you dance, 1 Samuel, chapter 15, verses 22 and 23. Greetings to all of our guests today. And I do hope that you are blessed already by the presence of the Lord in this sanctuary and that you will take time for the fellowship afterwards. And Samuel said, verse 22, The rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected thee from being king. Now I want to bring you back to a moment in history. The year was 1904, a little bit over 100 years ago. The nation was Wales. And at that particular time, a revival began that swept the whole known world as we know it today and brought Pentecost, modern day Pentecost, into the far reaches of the globe. It started in a small place. And it started, the vessel that God used was a Sunday school teacher who was a missionary, a minister actually in training, and his name was Evan Roberts. He was not really an overly gifted speaker, but he was a young man given to prayer. And he had heard something from heaven. He heard that God was about to move sovereignly across the globe in a worldwide Pentecostal revival, which of course we know historically did happen. The revival that began in Wales eventually spread to Azusa Street here in the United States. And of course, if you know your history, you know what happened. The Pentecostal movement as we know it today was born from this. People started coming from all over Wales to hear this young man preach. And in one particular occasion, historians say that the church was absolutely packed to the rafters. There was no more room for people to get in. And they were all coming to hear what this man of God had to say. And after a season of worship like we've experienced this morning, he didn't get out of his seat. He stayed in his seat. If I remember correctly, he stayed in his seat for perhaps close to an hour, didn't move. There was silence in the church. People were very, to the point where people became uncomfortable with it. You know, because things are supposed to progress a certain way. And suddenly the order was taken away. So finally, Evan Roberts got out of his seat. He came to the pulpit, bowed his head in prayer as he always did, stood up, and said two words. Perhaps the shortest sermon ever in Pentecostal history. He said, Obey God. That's all he said, Obey God. And they tell us that at that moment, people went to their knees. Reconciliation was made. Forgiveness was given. Restoration happened. People came to a place of saying, God, I will do what you've been asking me to do. And as they left that church that day, great things began to happen. You know, I honestly believe that the obedience of that moment, of course, was one of the keys that swept the whole known world as we know it. I often wonder, what would have happened had they not obeyed God? What would have happened if people would have sat in their seats, stoic, and stayed in their view of themselves, in their view of God, saying, no, I've come this far, being the way I am, and it seems to have been sufficient. I'm not going any farther. I'm not going any deeper. I dare to say that perhaps the revival that touched the known world may not have had such an impact as it had. The obedience of God's people is much more of a pivotal thing than you and I realize. Now, undoubtedly, people just like today gathered. They were weighed down by the cares and concerns of the time. Just as we are today, they were searching for relief. They were searching for peace and some form of enduring joy. That's why most everybody comes to church, to worship God, to thank God for what he has done. But if you are alive today, you know that there's an oppression today that cannot be defined. You cannot put it into words. There's something happening in our world today. And you've come here, you're looking for relief, peace, and you want joy. There's nothing wrong with that. I want it too. And you've had a measure of it today in worship. Have you ever thought, God, why can't it just be like this all the time? Why can't I just camp here? Why can't I just... That feeling in the sanctuary, remember the psalmist said, Oh God, that people out there could know you as I have known you in the sanctuary. Do you ever wonder why? Is there any way? Is there any form? Is there something we can do that we don't have to leave this sense of joy and peace here? When we go back onto Broadway out in Manhattan, does it have to go back to being in full measure as it is the way it was when we came in? Now most of the people in 1904 were not unschooled in the word of God. The Welsh society was a very church society. Most everybody went to church. The word of God was open. They were fairly well versed. And I think many people here, you're fairly well versed in the word of God if you've been in the church for any amount of time. And I wonder, some were looking for a word perhaps that they hadn't heard before. Many people are like that. They come to church looking for some new thing. Maybe I'm going to be told something that I've not considered, something that I've not heard. Maybe I'm going to walk out with a new revelation of Jesus Christ. That can be a good thing. And maybe others were looking for something old that had once been given to them that brought them relief, something that could help them to relive a season, a moment, where they'd once known nearness to Christ. And many people come into church with that kind of a heart. Some are here today with that kind of a heart. Say, Lord, David prayed it, restoring to me the joy of thy salvation. And some are here today saying, God, I remember when I came to you. Oh, Jesus, every day was a worship service. I walked into my workplace, and I was just alive in God, and I couldn't contain what you were doing, Lord Jesus, in my life. But it's like a wave on the seashore. It subsided in me. And I'm hoping to hear something old again that will rekindle that old fire as it is in my life. And yet the word comes to these people in 1904, obey God. Imagine taking that home on tape. You put it in your tape player or your DVD player, whatever it is, obey God, click, obey God, click, obey God. Have you heard this new message from the revival in Wales? Listen to this, obey God. You know, see, the point is that most everybody already knew what it was in their lives that still remained to be done. Most everybody was aware. Who had come into that church, they'd been in the ward, they'd been a long time, in some cases, walking with God, and they already knew. They were already aware of what God had been asking them to do. I want you to consider just for a moment, without turning there, our chapter in 1 Samuel, chapter 15. Saul, anointed to be king over Israel. He's given a clear mandate from the Lord. God tells him through Samuel to go out and destroy certain things, and nothing was to be spared. Everything was to be overcome, and it was to be utterly eliminated. Now, we know the battle would be fierce, but God had provided the means and ability to assure him a full and a complete victory. That's good news for you and me today. We're living in a time of fierce battle, just like the apostle Paul. There are fears without, there's fighting within, and vice versa. But we have been given in Christ the means to overcome. We've been given the power to be victorious in his name. He had been clearly shown the way to victory. Samuel said to him in 1 Samuel 10, verses 6 and 7, The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy unto them. In other words, the word of the Lord will come alive to you, and you'll be turned into another man. And let it be, verse 7, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasions serve you. Now, that doesn't mean do what you feel like doing. That means do what God sets before you to do. For God, Samuel said to him, is with you. God is with you. If you are a believer in Christ today, you have been given the Holy Spirit of Almighty God. And by his Spirit, you have been turned into another man, another woman, another person. You've been recreated as it is from the inside out in the image of God. You've been given the power to overcome every obstacle from within and from without. You've been called to glorify God as I have in the earth. And God is with you. No matter what God asks you to do, there's nothing impossible anymore. Folks, at some point, we've got to realize that the God who created the universe lives inside of us. The God who said, let there be light. Not thoughts about God. Not a concept about God. Not a written essay about God. But God. God. The Spirit of God. The third person of God. God, in the form of the Holy Spirit, lives inside of the New Testament believer. The same one who out of nothing, Hebrews says, created everything. Made the heavens out of things that did not exist. Only by the word of his mouth. Darkness was swallowing the face of the earth. Confusion was as it was. Was in the cosmos as it then was. And with four words. Let there be light. It all dissipated. At some point, you and I have to realize that that same God lives inside of us. That same God says, listen. I've not called you to do anything that cannot be done by my life being lived out inside of you. I've not called you out of any prison you can't get out of. Or any place you can't go into. All things are possible to him who believes. I do believe with all my heart, folks. It is time for the church of Jesus Christ to walk in the supernatural again. Now the journey of obedience is not an easy one. It's hard to obey sometimes what God asks us to do. It's hard to walk away from what he asks us to leave. It's hard to move into what he asks us to be. It requires leaving of former things. Leaving of an old image of oneself. The leaving of old values. Of old thinking. And putting on this new man and this new mind. And moving forward to what is truly the high call of God in Christ in our lives. Paul said leaving behind those things. I press forward to the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Is it an easy journey? No, it's not easy. And don't let anybody ever tell you it is. Because it's not easy. It's a difficult journey. But is it worth it? Absolutely. Paul said we would not have you in 2 Corinthians 1, 8 and 9. We would not have you brethren. Ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia. We were pressed out of measure. Above strength insomuch that we despaired even of life. This is the Apostle Paul now who wrote so much of the New Testament. Paul said listen, I don't want you to be ignorant of what this journey was like. It was hard. We came to a point, Paul said, we didn't have any more strength. And we came to the point where we didn't know if we could go on. And so if that's the way you're feeling today, you're in good company. You're with the Apostle Paul and Scripture. Even Jesus himself needed angels to come down into Gethsemane and minister to him. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God which raises the dead. Paul said I reckon myself to be dead. I wasn't looking inside for my own ideas. I wasn't looking to my own resources. I wasn't looking to figure my own way out or through. I had come to a place in my life where I have learned to trust God. It's that simple. He said in his word that the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord. He said I will guide you with my eye. Don't be like the horse or the mule that have to have a bit and bridle put in their mouth or they won't follow you. He said come willingly and I will guide you. The difficulty all of us face is the laying down of our own reasoning. It's hard to lay down your own reasoning. It's hard and I'm not suggesting that you don't think anymore. But I'm talking about reasoning, this kind of reasoning. Reasoning that tells us why we can't, why we shouldn't or even somehow why it might be to our advantage not to fully obey God. That kind of reasoning is hard to lay down. It's difficult. You know when you're asked to do something you don't want to do, your natural response is all kinds of reasons why you shouldn't do it. Honey, take out the garbage. I'm tired. The trucks don't come till 8.30 in the morning. You know full well you're not going to be up on time, especially if it's your day off. And all of a sudden when you're asked to do something you don't want to do, all of the reasonings come. Why it's to your advantage actually not to do what you're being asked to do. Well if I'm asked to do this it's going to be hard. Is it really necessary? Can I not get into heaven without doing this? Well I suppose you might. But it's not going to be a very happy journey. And there won't be much glory to God. And so we come to the house of God justified in ourselves by thoughts about that which we have done. See that's how we counterbalance it. We say well, I've had a good week. So I didn't steal anything from the workplace. And we start talking about, folks that's a testimony for some people. Don't tell me you've never helped yourself to supplies at the office. And we counterbalance. We say, well I know I haven't done this. I know I haven't forgiven my Uncle Frank. And I know I haven't written that letter that I should have written to so and so. And I know I haven't paid back that debt I owe. And I know I shouldn't be going out to that place on Saturday night. I know I shouldn't be doing that. I know I shouldn't be watching this or reading this. I know I shouldn't be involved in that conversation in the workplace. But I've done good too. And so we come into the house of God and we expect the minister to speak good words to us and about us and make us happy. And we get really annoyed when that doesn't happen. And we come into the house of the Lord and say, listen, I'm struggling enough as it is. Can you not give me a happy word? 1 Samuel 15, 12, where we started. It says, And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel. And, behold, he set him up a place and has gone down and passed on and gone down to Gilgal. And Samuel came to Saul. Now Samuel is the word of God in the sense to that generation. Samuel is the prophet of God. He's bringing the word of God to Israel. He represents, for lack of a better way of saying it, he's Saul's pastor. And Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of the Lord. I've performed the commandment of the Lord. In other words, I've done more good than bad. I've gone out and I was told to go fight the Amalekites and I was told to destroy all of these things. And I've gone out. And so in his mind, it would have been a fierce battle. There would have been thousands of warriors. There were a lot of people killed. There were cities burned. And, of course, it's a big picture. Looks like victory. And so he comes to Samuel, his pastor, and he says, Praise God. It's good to see you. What a week this has been. I have obeyed God this week. I have fulfilled as it is the commandment of the Lord. And Samuel said, What means then this bleeding of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God. And the rest we have utterly destroyed. Now, we walk in thinking that everything's all right. The good outweighs the bad. Only to find that the Holy Spirit is not in agreement with our self-appraisal. And we find God digging deep into the heart and saying, If you have obeyed me then, what are these things that I hear? What are these things that I see? What are these things that remain? Did I not give you the power to put these to death? Did I not tell you that they were to be completely destroyed? Why have you brought them to me? Why have you brought them into this place? Why are they still alive? Well, you see, Saul said, I've spared them, you see, to put them to death at another time. I'm going to get around to it. I fully intend on doing this someday. And I'm going to do it as a sacrifice. And won't God be pleased with this? Verses 18 and 19. Samuel says to Saul, he said, The Lord sent you on a journey. And he said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners of the Amalekites and fight against them until they be consumed. Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but did fly upon the spoil and did evil in the sight of the Lord? Now Samuel says to Saul, You were sent on a journey by God. It was a journey of obedience. And on that journey you embraced as good that which God told you was to be put away. You embraced these things. And they may seem small to you, but they're not small in the sight of God. And God said, I gave you the power to put them away, not to embrace them and to bring them into my house. And try to present these things before me as sanctified. It was disobedience in a sense. And he's bringing it into the presence of God, intending that this was going to be a sacrifice to God. And the Lord says to Saul through Samuel, I've not accepted this. I don't accept this kind of a walk in my presence. Now the people in that church in 1904, that Welsh church, had to have known immediately what remained to be done. They knew. There's a point, folks, where God doesn't have to speak anymore. You already know. I would venture, and it's only a guest today, but there are 3,000 people here this morning, approximately. And I would venture a guess that there are 500 people here today that you already know what to do, but you're not doing it. And that even might be a low figure. God has already spoken. It's already in the Word. Husbands, love your wives, for example. As Christ loves the church. You already know what to do. You already know that evil communication is supposed to be put out of your mouth. You know what to do. You know that living together outside of marriage is fornication. You know that you're to put yourself away from, you're not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. You know it. There's no secret. It's not written in Greek. It's written in a language you understand, and I understand it. You already know what to do. But yet, it's just a little thing, isn't it? I mean, is God that picky? I mean, can't He see the big picture? Can't He look at all the things I am doing? Does He have to point His finger constantly at what I'm not doing? The people knew what to do. And they did it. And because they did it, a revival swept the whole known world. And I honestly believe that could have been a very pivotal point in the Welsh revival. The Pentecost, of course, that we know today is because of the book of Acts, chapter 2. But modern-day Pentecost came from Wales. I wonder what God could do in New York City if we would obey Him. If today, everybody in this sanctuary, and in the annex, and on the internet, would obey God. And would do what you have known that God is asking you to do. Just obey God. And trust Him for the courage, trust Him for the strength. What would be the outcome if we would just simply obey God? Now, the Lord told Saul, because of this thing. He said, I've rejected you. And your kingdom shall not go forward. And Samuel said to Saul, the Lord has searched for another man. A man after his own heart. Now that's Old Testament, folks. In the Old Testament, the old man was figuratively put away. And a new man, another person, a new man was sought. In the New Testament, oh thank God, oh thank God, oh thank God, oh thank God. That we can individually turn from being Saul into being David. God says, it's not in my heart to put anyone away anymore. But I'm asking you to put away the old man. Put away the old nature. I'm seeking for a man after my heart. I'm looking for somebody who will walk with me, who will obey me. Now you and I know that David became that man. And David was not flawless, but he had a heart after God. And it didn't really matter how many mistakes he made. When there was a line drawn in the sand, he always crossed over onto God's side. He was able to humble himself. He was able to walk with God. He was able to finish his course with joy. And I thank God today that mercy has triumphed over judgment. That if God judged us as we deserve, who's going to stand here today? But I thank God that there is mercy. The scripture says that God himself may, we may learn to fear God because of that mercy. I thank God that we always have a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, an eighth, a ninth, and a tenth chance. Even if we have struggled, even if obedience has seemed so hard and so difficult. But yet, one more time the Lord comes and says, listen, this man goes no further. I'm looking for a new man, a new woman. Today, you decide in your heart to be a person who will follow me, who will obey me. And what I ask you to do, that's what you will do. No matter what the personal cost. And as I said earlier, it's not always going to be easy. In 1 Chronicles chapter 15, David became the king of Israel after Saul. And God wanted to use David to bring his presence back into the center of Jerusalem. That's the place where theoretically, physically he dwelt on the earth at that time. And he wanted to bring his presence back again into Jerusalem. And David set out to do this. But he did it casually, and he did it carelessly. And he didn't seek from the word of God the methodology. Or the right way or the wrong way to find this heart of God. And because of this, the Lord stopped the whole parade. There was singing and shouting and dancing. It's more or less what happens when that initial euphoria of your salvation just comes to a screeching halt. And you're left saying, God, what is wrong? Why am I not experiencing the joy of my salvation anymore? Why have you stopped my parade? I'm doing this with all my might. And David was actually offended with God. And took what represented the presence of God and sent it to another man's house. He said, I don't know if I can handle this God in my house. I mean, I was doing this with all my might. I was doing this the best I thought was right. According to my own reasoning. And the Lord just killed it right on the spot. And I don't know if I want this God in my house. And I'm paraphrasing, but technically that's what he said. And he took the ark to another man's house called Obed-Edom. And then he saw the blessing of the Lord coming on that man's house. And it provoked him to go back into the scriptures. And when he went back into the scriptures, he found out that he was not walking in obedience to God. And that's the difference. Then David said, these are the words that he said. For in 1 Chronicles 15 verses 12. He said to them, you are the chief of your fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren. In other words, separate yourselves. Prepare yourselves for true worship. That you may bring up the ark, that's the presence of the Lord God of Israel, into the place that I have prepared for it. For because you did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us. For that we sought him not after the due order. In other words, we were doing this, but it was all in the flesh. It was all in human reasoning. It was Saul, in a sense, trying to repeat itself. And God says, no, I wouldn't let Saul go forward and I won't let this go forward. We're living at an age, folks, listen to me carefully. We're living at a time in the church of Jesus Christ. In America, when the Lord is stopping the parade and says, no farther. No more false sense of joy. No more false peace. Folks, trial, tribulation is going to put an end to all of this. And David said, listen, this death came. This parade stopped because we did not seek God according to his word. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. And the children of the Levites bear the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord. They went back to the word of God and said, well, how did God ask us to carry his presence into the city? Folks, you realize that we are called to carry the presence of God into the city. But not according to our own thinking. Not according to our own reasoning. Not in half-hearted obedience. The Lord says, I want to glorify my own name, but I do it through a sanctified people. That means that people set apart for me, walking in the power of the Holy Ghost. Are they perfect? No. But are they moving forward? Absolutely. Image to image and glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord. Being changed into that image of God. Never stagnant. Never stopping. Never saying no to the Holy Spirit. Moving forward saying, God, no matter what it costs me personally, I ask you Lord Jesus Christ to come and be glorified through my life. God, don't let people go to hell in this generation when you are still alive inside of me. My God, my God, be seen in me. Be heard in me. Be known through my life. And David spake, verse 16, to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be singers with instruments of music, psalteries, harps and cymbals sounding by lifting up the voice with joy. And verse 28 says, thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the cornet, with trumpets and cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. And it came to pass as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michael, the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window, saw King David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart. As it was then, so it will be now. The children of flesh will always despise the children of the spirit. The children of disobedience will always sarcastically and condescendingly look at those who have made a choice to walk in right relationship with God. David said, I will seek out his word. I will obey what he speaks. I will lift up my voice with joy. I will dance and I don't care what anybody thinks about it. I'm not in this for the praise of man. I'm in it for the glory of God. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Obedience leads to dancing, folks. There's no way around it. Saul didn't dance. He got nailed headless to a wall. But David danced before the presence of God. Because in spite of his failures, he did it right. He went back to the word of God and said, God, what would you have me to do? How am I to carry your presence into this city? Hallelujah! Glory to God! Glory to God! I'm telling you, if you will obey God, it doesn't matter if the choir even shows up. Folks, on Sunday, you'll be dancing in this house. You'll be giving glory to God. Nobody will have to tell you to clap your hands. Nobody have to tell you to worship the Lord. The glory of God will be in your soul. The glory of God will be upon you. Hallelujah! It's all in the scriptures. The whole pattern is there. We see it clearly in the word of God. Can you see the one king walking away with his head down, angry at the pastor because he's challenging his sin, turning into a violent, insane man, trying to justify his own righteousness. But then we see this other man. Yes, he's failed. Yes, he's had his struggles. Yes, he's had his trials. But he's gone back to the word of God. He's made a choice to obey God. God has empowered him. And because of it, others are singing. Others are dancing. The glory of God has come into the streets of the city. One more time! Oh God, let your glory come to New York City. One more time! One more time, oh God! One more time, Jesus! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! One more time! One more time, God! One more time! One more time, Lord! Let the glory of the Lord come to this city. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And it doesn't matter who says anything. Hallelujah! If God says dance, I will dance. If God says rejoice, I will rejoice. When the spirit of the Lord moves in my heart, I will dance like David danced. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Obey God. If you and I fully understood what that could mean to this city, if you really and I really fully grasped it, what obeying God would mean, the presence of the Lord that will go with you into your house, into your apartment buildings, into your neighborhoods, with you on the subway, into your home. To obey God. God puts a dancing in you. It's got nothing to do with an orchestra on the earth. It's got everything to do with something from heaven. You will be able to walk these streets. And in spite of the hell that wants to manifest itself, there's an inner peace in your heart and a longing for the presence of Christ like you've never known before. I'm going to give an altar call and we're going to worship for a while. The altar call is simply this, obey God. You already know what to do. And the question is, will we do it now? For those that God is speaking to, in the annex you can stand between the screens in the main sanctuary. You can meet me here at the front of the church. And the first step in obedience is getting out of your seat and coming to the front of this sanctuary and saying, God, I'm going to obey you. I'm going to obey you. In this thing, it might seem small, but it could be the one thing left before the glory of God comes back into your soul again. As the Holy Spirit is speaking to you today, my brother, my sister, I'm going to encourage you as we stand to make your way to the front of this sanctuary. And obedience, I want to remind you, obedience is the beginning of the journey of dancing. Praise God, if you obey God, I promise you, you're going to dance. Let's stand, please. Let people get out so they can make their way here. And we're going to worship for the next 15 or so minutes. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Lord, you have been here so powerfully today in our worship time, Lord. Now, Lord, I'm asking you to come. And as you know that hearts are yielding to you, let the joy of the Lord become our strength. God, it was David's strength. Let it be our strength today. Father, I thank you for this in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, God. Thank you, Jesus. Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey When we walk with the Lord In the light of his word What a glory he sheds on our way All we do is goodwill He abides with us still And with all who will trust and obey Trust and trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Not a shadow can arise Not a cloud in the sky But his smile quickly drives it away Without all our fear Not a sigh nor a tear Can abide when we trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Not a burden we bear Not a burden we bear Not a sorrow we share Nor a torment of which we regret Not a grief nor a loss Nor a frown nor a frown Can abide when we trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus If we trust and obey But we never can prove The delights of his love Until all are beyond Hallelujah! Are you dancing? For the favor he shows And the joy he bestows And the man who will trust And obey Come on again Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Trust and obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Hallelujah! To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey Praise God! Praise God! Let's pray a simple prayer together Lord Jesus I will Obey you Amen Praise God We got a dancing song Let's rejoice Let's take some time to rejoice Take time to give God glory Take time to love God Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!