#obedience

To Do His Will

We are not naturally inclined to do the will of God. To the contrary, until God intervenes, we take joy in contradicting and disobeying him. But once God saves us we come to understand the pleasure of carrying out his commands and submitting ourselves to his will. And that’s what F.B. Meyer reflects on in this sweet passage. God is love; to do his will is to scatter love in handfuls of blessing on a weary world. God is light; …

Delayed Obedience Is Disobedience (Except When It Isn’t)

You’ve probably heard the phrase before. You’ve probably applied it to your children. You’ve hopefully applied it to yourself. Delayed obedience is disobedience. The phrase exhorts us that when we know the right thing to do, it is sinful to fail to do it. Or as we instruct our little ones: Do it now; do it all the way; and do it with a happy heart. But is it invariably wrong to delay obedience? Is delayed obedience always disobedience? My …