Pastor W. F. Kumuyi Daily Devotional — HIGHER EVERYDAY 22 December 2022 – Topic: OBEDIENT CHILDREN
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HIGHER EVERYDAY
THURSDAY DECEMBER 22, 2022
OBEDIENT CHILDREN
MEMORY VERSE: “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance” (1 PETER 1:14).
Hear what S. D. Gordon said, “Obey! Obey!! Obey!!! Simply, intelligently, the will of the Father because it is the Father’s will, whether you see your way out or not. That is the very underground work of our Master’s victory in the wilderness.”
It was an epic clash of wills as a rebellious youngster tried to resist a strong father who insisted on obedience as captured in this conversation: “I said, sit down,” said the frustrated father with a firm pressure on the child’s shoulders. The boy’s legs buckled under as he lowered his little frame onto the sofa. “Alright,” he said rudely, “but I am standing up in my mind.”
Do you sometimes act like that towards God? Do you give grudging obedience to your parents, teachers or even your spiritual leaders? Outward compliance, but inward rebellion amounts to hypocrisy. Forced obedience is disobedience in essence.
Rebellion is native to the human heart. Joyful obedience proceeds only from a heart washed from sin and sanctified by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. If you are not yet washed, repent now and you shall be delivered today.
QUOTE: Forced obedience is disobedience.
CHALLENGE: Does your obedience match God’s demand?
PRAYER: Rid me of every form of disobedience, O Lord
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