Obedience
Romans 6:18 Do you not
know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are
slaves to the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of
obedience, which leads to righteousness.
The way I see it, I can either be a slave to my sin. Or I
can be an obedient bondservant of Christ. I can obey His word, His will for my
life, and the authority He’s placed in my life. Or I can try to make my own
way, in deliberate disobedience to God. I don’t think much on the fact that to
disobey the Lord is sin. It’s not something I really dwell on. I used to try to
convince myself that maybe what I was doing was His will and I’d make up
“reasons” as to why it was Him. Deep down I knew it wasn’t. I knew it was my
flesh desiring things of the flesh. God has really been showing me how to
discern if the voices I hear, or the advice I take really is of Him. The best
way He’s given me to test this is His word. To really get into His word and
know whether or not the thoughts that I’m taking captive or receiving are of
Him and are obedient to Him.
I let myself become
lazy in that, I don’t read His word to receive it and listen to what He’s
telling me through it and its because I’m lazy and the bible is too much work
to figure out. “I’ll read it tomorrow” or “I’ll pray about it tomorrow” “I’ll
be filled tomorrow” I’m becoming a slave to my flesh when I do this. To my
slothfulness, pride, and disobedience. Disobedience because God commands me to
be filled with the spirit now. Not tomorrow when I feel more up to it. This
verse really shows me how much God desires for me to lay those things at His
feet. When I’m feeling tired, to pray for strength, to pray for wisdom and
discernment. It also shows me just how much I need His grace. Because sin is
inevitable, but where sin abounds grace abounds more. And I can find peace in
understanding that I have received His grace and I can seek Him and His face
and as I do so I will grow closer to Him.
Application: I will be obedient to God and read His word at
least three times today on my own.
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