Good day to you!
Where are these verses found in the Scriptures? "Oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been been his counselor? Who has ever given to God that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen."
The answer to that question will be at the end of this segment. If you have a concordance, look it up. Find it. Meditate on it. Why? Because God is at work in your life.
Day 2 I told you that you are his workmanship. He is at work in you. I Thess. 4:3 says that it is His will that you be sanctified; something of value that is set apart as holy and sacred. He is working in you on purpose. What kind of work is he doing in you?
Romans 6:18 says, "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
He has set you free from sin, but the problem is, you still battle with sin. You still struggle with sin. You still do things you don't want to do; things that displease the Lord. You sometimes do the things that please the Lord. So, what is going on inside of you that is causing this disturbance?
You are still tempted to sin, to rebel against God. You have a choice to obey or disobey. That is the position you are in when you surrendered your life to Christ. Before that, you instinctively rebelled against God. Now Jesus gives you an alternative. You have a choice now. You can choose to sin and rebel againsts God or you can choose to obey and listen to God. What will you choose to do? And this choice thing, happens everyday, all the time. How exhausting, right?
God wants you to listen to his leading, his word, because God is always right. It will always be the best thing to obey him. No one needs to give him counsel or instruction. He is the only one who is capable of giving us sound wisdom and counsel. And, everytime you listen to him, you are changed. You grow. You become more like him. Some day you will be free from sins influence, but until then, you have to make the choice to listen.
Read Jesus' words about obedience in Matthew 7:24-27 or click to view http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A24-27&version=NIV (Click back arrow on your browser to return here)
Take notice of your choices today. Are your choices in obedience to God's Word? If not, change. If so, keep up the good work. If you are not sure, pray.
As you close: Take a moment and thank God for His guidance today and ask Him to guide you in making decisions that are in obedience to Him.
God bless!
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