Disobedience

Psalms 107:13,15 Proverbs 1:5-8

Doing things our way always gets us into trouble all the time...right? It is called disobedience. Lack of trust is disobedience, not doing what we know to be right is disobedience and living in fear and worry is disobedience We know all this yet because of our human frailties we live in this condition most of the time. Is it selfishness, pride, lust or is it all of them? Regardless, it happens daily. So why does God put up with us? Because He loves us anyway and Christ died to cover these sins of disobedience. Now that is not an open invitation to continue in sin. It is an encouragement to causes us to repent and try again. Why? We have been changed and any other path would leave us empty. Our hearts have been changed. There is no other way for us.

As I read these verses this morning I noticed that thread (disobedience) in my own heart. In Psalms 107 it talks about how Gods people continue to do the wrong thing; but the moment they call out to him and repent He rescues them... saves them from their distress. When He does this for us do we praise Him and say thank you?

Then in Proverbs I read how He will give us wisdom if we just ask, believe and not be double minded. Now I know all of you probably knew what double minded meant. I did not till today. It means that when God gives us this wisdom we are to act on it and do what He says. It is not an option to think about it or to decide for our selves if we want to do what wisdom tells us. We are to do it! Well I don't know about you but I have been double minded too many times and wondered why I could not hear from God. If we are double minded then it also tells us we will receive nothing from the Lord and we will be unstable in all we do.

It all Boils down to disobedience...right? If we don't listen and respond; if we just blatantly go our own way, it all boils down to the same thing. Disobedience.