All in Obedience
Has Jesus changed your life? Has He altered the very core of who you once were, or do you put Him on like a change of clothes each day to cover up the nakedness of sin that still exists underneath? We often portray one thing publicly, and then retreat into a private world that is quite different... is this you? Are there things you hide beneath your veneer of faith?
When God speaks do you answer straightway? When God says “Come” do you immediately go to Him? When Jesus says “Go do...” are you willing to drop whatever you are presently doing and go? By our very nature we are procrastinators, some of us more than others, but all of us have some degree of this trait in us. However, when God reaches out to us He expects action and not excuses., and for us to obey exactly as He has instructed.
Do you go about rationalizing your own actions while claiming to be a servant of God and follower of Jesus? Do you use the good nature of God as an excuse for disobedience? If so, then you need to re-evaluate your faith. God may not be forcing you to do His will, but that doesn’t diminish it in the least.
Do you think that Jesus gave His life for us out of sympathy for our plight? Do you think He saw our sin and set about to relieve us of it because of empathy or mercy? No, Jesus gave His life out of obedience to the Father, and He agreed to pay a price without knowing how much it was.
Do you lay awake at night and plot the course you will take tomorrow? Do you make battle plans against the forces of darkness, or arrange your spiritual strategy for holiness? If so, then woe to you, because the seas we sail, and the battles we fight, are not ours. We are just sailors aboard the vessel of God, and soldiers in the army of the King. We sail for him and do battle in His war. When we triumph it is in Jesus Christ alone... follow His lead.
Are you studying and memorizing scripture and thinking that this will make you righteous or give you insight into God? My friends, only one thing will perfect you in the eyes of God... obedience. I would rather do one small thing perfectly than a thousand partially.