The School of Obedience
...I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the
curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may
live.
Deuteronomy 30:19
God has created us with a free will. That means that we have the
awesome responsibility of choosing His way or rejecting it.
God loves us more than we can begin to understand. He wants the
best for us, but His Word says that He sets before us a choice. He
respects our right to choose and will neither manipulate us nor
control us.
The Holy Spirit seeks to work in our lives to lead us down the good
path God has planned, but if we are rebellious and disobedient and
persist in walking our own way, we will be allowed to do so, even
though it grieves the heart and Spirit of God.
There are many believers who have never enjoyed the good life God
has prearranged for them simply because they have refused to be
obedient to Him. Far too many of God's children are not living the
abundant life He wills for them because they choose to walk their
own way.
You will be faced with many opportunities to obey or disobey. God
has promised that if you choose to walk in His will, you will walk
in the good life.
Only you can make your decision.
Do This:
Choose to obey God. Choose a lifestyle of obedience, and you will
experience the good life that God has planned for you.
- Devotional taken from Joyce Meyer.