What Does Obedience to God Look Like? - Thursday

Good morning!

It's a busy Thursday today, so let's jump right in.  Just to get you caught up, we've been answering the question, "What Does Obedience to God Look Like?" all this week.  So far we've learned that you show your obedience through loving God, walking in His ways, and keeping His commands.  So let's look at a fourth characteristic of obedience.

Obedience is remaining faithful to Him.


Ok, so I know we've already done this a bunch, but read Joshua 22:5 again today.....

We see that Joshua 22:5 commands us "to remain faithful to Him..."

Have you ever had a boyfriend of girlfriend who was unfaithful to you?  Maybe they were sending notes to somebody else back in the middle school years or actually dating somebody behind your back?  How did that make ya feel?  Upset?  Hurt?  Disappointed?  All of the above?

Joshua encouraged the children of Israel to stop worshipping their false gods.  He warned them that God was the one into whom they should be pouring their heart and soul.  The Israelites had a history of not staying faithful to God.  They were easily drawn away from the one true God.

We need to understand that unfaithfulness hurts God just like it hurts us.  God loves us very much and His desire is that we obey His commands and follow Him.  A lot of folks struggle with remaining faithful to anyone or anything for very long.

Luckily for us God is and will always be faithful to us - even when we are unfaithful to Him.  He never leaves us or disappoints us.  Maybe, you're right in the middle of a really difficult time in your life and you feel like God isn't around.  Maybe you feel like he's not even paying attention to what's going on in your life and because of that you're turning your back on Him.  Think back......who do you think has let the other person down more often....do you think we let God down more often or do you think God disappoints us more often?  If we're honest we'll see that in almost every case God is faithful to us...it may not always look the way we think it should or expected, but He's faithful just the same!

Ok, so we've identified how we feel when someone is not faithful to us, so how do you think God feels when we are unfaithful to Him?

What are some reasons people might give for not remaining faithful to God?  What does the phrase "hold on to Him" mean in relation to remaining faithful?

Think about it and let me know what you guys come up with!  See ya tomorrow for the blog and the movie!

Heffe