With a Subtitle: Remember the faithfulness of the One in whom we place our trust. Ask Him to increase your faith, and walk today in obedience.
A brief Excerpt: Scripture Our verse for today comes from Romans 1:5, "Through Him we received grace and apostleship to call all the nations to the obedience that comes from faith for His name's sake." Background We've all seen those billboards or posters…
Scripture
Our verse for today comes from Romans 1:5, “Through Him we received grace and apostleship to call all the nations to the obedience that comes from faith for His name’s sake.”
Background
We’ve all seen those billboards or posters with huge thermometers on them that organizations use to show the progress of their project. The mercury rises toward the top as they get closer to reaching their goal, usually pertaining to numbers of dollars or people. Using thermometers, whether actual ones or the visual aids, is a valuable practice. The temperature in our car engines, ovens, bodies, and homes is important to monitor and regulate.
Application
And in our spiritual life, there is also plenty that we should be measuring and assessing. Like obedience. Now, we can be obedient for a bunch of different reasons. When you were a child, much of your obedience, whether to your parents, your teachers, or to the laws of society in general, was predicated on fear. We obeyed the rules because we feared the punishment that would come for misbehaving. We didn’t always want to do what we were told, but our fears compelled us to obey. Then, somewhere in our development, we began responding much more to our feelings instead of our fears. We might know what we were supposed to do and the punishment that would come from disobeying, but our actions were driven by whether we felt like complying or not. We began weighing other factors into our decisions, like other people’s opinions and advice. We began to experience some control and independence, and that became more important than any possible negative repercussions. But hopefully, we reached the stage of obeying in faith. Here, we obey because we believe in the Maker behind the laws. We obey because we trust Him to control our futures and direct our paths. We obey because we love, and love is more than feelings, and it casts out all fear. So, if your obedience thermometer isn’t quite to the top, then ask God about your faith. Determine what you’re not believing, and trust Him to be faithful in that area. He is able to make your mercury overflow.
Charge
As we seek Him today, remember the faithfulness of the One in whom we place our trust. Ask Him to increase your faith, and walk today in obedience.
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