Wesley Challenge_Day 5

Did I disobey God in anything?

THURSDAY – 01.07.21 • Read Deuteronomy 5:32-33, Acts 5:27-32
When we choose to obey God, we honor God’s love for us and live as God desired. When we disobey God by choosing to live our own ways, we live into our freedom, but also make the possibility of sin a reality. How do we move beyond a love for self and toward a wholehearted love for God? When we don’t do what God intends, we must choose to confess our actions (or lack of actions) and ask for forgiveness. Confession taps into God’s forgiveness, and forgiveness gives us a fresh start.
⇒ In what areas of my life am I choosing my own desires over God’s desires? Where can I find help in overcoming my shortcomings? In what ways do you think Jesus models for us the way God intended for humans to live?
⇒ When you sense a struggle within you to obey God’s authority and worship God with the freedom God provides, open your mouth and read a passage like this one that recognizes God’s sovereignty: “To you, Lord, belong greatness and power, honor, splendor, and majesty, because everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. Lord, you are honored as head of all” (1 Chronicles 29:11).

Prayer: God, you gladly and graciously forgive all who repent and turn toward you. Thanks for your promise of enduring and redeeming grace! May I strive to be as Christ is, so that I might reveal my love for you to the world around me. Amen.