John 14:15New American Standard Bible (NASB)
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
When parents ask why
their son or daughter didn't do what was asked, the response is often an
excuse. “I didn't hear you,” “I didn't have time,” and “I didn't realize you
wanted it done right away” are familiar statem
ents to moms and dads.
In a similar way, we
tend to offer a wide variety of justifications to the Father; “excusitis” is
all too common an ailment. Excuses are an attempt to shift responsibility for
what we've done (or failed to do) to something or someone besides our self.
We may fail to
achieve God’s plans for another reason: greed. Selfishness won’t help us
succeed in His kingdom. But generosity—giving as the Lord commands, taking the
opportunity to speak words of encouragement, or using our time to help
others—brings blessing.
Acting against our
conscience is another hindrance. It makes us double-minded: We feel guilty over
our action but want to continue anyway. In this condition, we find our
concentration diminishes, preventing us from putting our wealth of experience,
ability, and talent into the work God has assigned us.
One last obstacle is laziness, which is often
accompanied by many excuses and yields the same result: disobedience to God.
For example, the Lord commands all of us to practice the “one another” (Rom. 12:9-16), but frequently His
instruction goes ignored because it takes too much effort.
With the Holy
Spirit’s help, we can overcome these common negative tendencies. Which one is
He prompting you to work on?
PRAYER POINT
May God gives us the grace to be obedient to Him, so that we dont suffer the consequences of disobedience in Jesus name.
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