SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 10-27-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Disobeying God’s will
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: James 4:17
1. Message of the verse: “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing
to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
(NASB) “Remember, it is sin to
know what you ought to do and then not do it.”
(NLT)
This
section is talking about the will of God, and as the verse uses words like “the
right thing” or “good” then it must be said that the will of God is good. I think of the apostle Paul when he was about
to go up to Jerusalem and all of the advice that he got to tell him that
trouble was ahead of him, yet he knew in his heart that it was the will of God
for him to go. The question to ask as we
have the privilege to look back on this is “was it good for him to go?” It seems to me that we may be missing part of
our Bible if he would not have obeyed God, and Paul would have missed out on a
free trip to Rome if he had not obeyed God.
Dr.
Wiersbe gives two reasons why we do not obey the will of God. The first reason is pride, pride that we
don’t need any help from anyone. When I
think of pride I think of it as the first sin that entered the universe, for it
was the sin of Lucifer. It is also one
of the seven deadly sins that we learned about earlier this year from our
brother Chittock. The second reason for
not obeying the will of God is fear or lack of faith, or as Dr. Wiersbe states
it “an ignorance of the nature of the will of God.” The will of God is not an option for
believers as the verse states, for if we know His will and do not do it then it
is sin.
Many
people believe that the will of God for our lives is something to avoid because
it will make us miserable, when the opposite is true. God is our creator, and thus He knows
infinitely more that we do so this is where faith and trust come into the
picture.
What
happens if we don’t obey the will of God in our lives? Read Hebrews 12:5-11 for the fist part of
this answer and for the next part of the answer read 1Corthians 9:27. The first answer is discipline, and the
second answer is we will loose rewards.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think of the song that Frank Sinatra sang
“I did it my way,” and know that there are far to many times in my life that I
do it my way and not God’s way. This is
prideful on my part, and God is not pleased when I am prideful.
The Word of God was challenging to my heart as I read it
this morning, and it also convicted me.
My
Steps of Faith Today: As
I prepare my Bible Study lesson for Tuesday I trust that the Lord will give me
the wisdom to say what He would want me to say to those who are here, and that
He will bring those here whom He wants to be here.
Memory verses for the week:
James 1:4-5
4.
And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be
perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
5.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let Him ask of God, who
gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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