What Does Obedience to God Look Like? - Tuesday

Welcome back...alright so we're breaking down what our obedience to God actually looks like and we saw yesterday that the first way our obedience shows itself is through our loving God.  So let's look at another way today

Obedience is walking in His ways.


So read (if you missed yesterday) or re-read Joshua 22:5.  We see that the second thing Joshua commands us to do is to "walk in all His ways"....  It's important here that we see the word "all"in this verse.  How many of God's ways are we supposed to walk in?  All.  This is not the easiest thing to do right?

Why do you think Joshua would challenge the people to obey all of God's commands?  What is wrong with the philosophy that I can just pick and choose what I want to obey?  What if we did that with traffic laws?  Not.....goood.

What if I took two people, blindfolded them, and then spun them around until they were dizzy.  Then let's say I tell Person 1 to try and follow Person 2 out of the room.  It would be pretty funny right?....I mean they'd be running into chairs, falling over things, maybe even running into some walls, but it wouldn't be funny for the person who is blindfolded.

See, when we are blindfolded and dizzy, it is impossible to get where we need to go and do what we need to do.  God will never blindfold us or cause us to stumble around foolishly.  When we walk with God, our eyes are open and our future is bright and clear.  God provides direction for us.  Those who choose not to walk behind God will find their lives are dark and confusing.

How hard is it for you to follow someone?  Maybe you're usually the leader and you like setting the pace....maybe you are usually running somewhere in the middle of the pack...you don't like leading but you don't want to be at the end.....or maybe you're that reluctant follower who drags their feet and kicks the dirt and always falls behind the person at the front.  What does the phrase "to follow someone blindly" mean to you?

Have you ever walked and followed behind someone that led you astray?

Do you think following God and walking with Him is easy?

Does God expect us to follow His commands blindly?

God wants us to let Him lead our paths so that we can walk in His ways....it reminds me of being little and always trying to step in my dad's footprints in the sand on the beach....only problem was my legs were too short so I often missed....I had to continue growing so that I could firmly plant my feet in his footprints.  God wants you and I to continue to grow so that we can make our footprints the same as Jesus did.

Walking in God's ways is not an easy task, but it's one way that we can show our obedience to God!

Leave me some feedback about what "ways of God' you guys have trouble following....we'll see you back at the blog tomorrow and at Giant Cranium this Wednesday night at 6 PM!

Heffe