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Discipleship Focus: Obedience
- Obedience: Genuine and satisfying obedience comes out of our identity. Our true identity comes only from our Father.
Nobody
likes to be underneath someone else’s thumb.
Nobody really likes taking orders – especially if we are in a situation
that isn’t particularly enjoyable. Human
beings like to do what we want, when we want it, and how we want to do it. Human beings enjoy having their own resources
and doing what they want with them.
Jeremiah
27 is about God’s response to an international coup. The nations have been put under Babylonian sovereignty
by God. None of the nations are happy,
and they decide to get together in a meeting to see if through their collective
power they might be able to overthrown Nebuchadnezzar. They want to form a coup to get rid of
Nebuchadnezzar’s ability to control them.
There is
only one problem. God wants them under
Nebuchadnezzar’s control. God sends
Jeremiah to tell them to stay where they are.
The nations have some things to learn about humbleness.
God gives
the nations a choice: rebel against Him or learn to be humble in any
circumstance. I’ve found that God gives
us a choice, too. We can learn to be
humble in any circumstance to rebel against Him, too. I find this to be one of my most reoccurring battles. I am constantly struggling against my own
will because my own will wants to do my own thing. I want to be in charge of my life. But I’m far better off letting God be in charge
of my life and humbling myself before Him.
I’m much better off learning to be His servant in whatever situation
that I find myself rather than always looking for ways to free myself to do
whatever it is that I want to do.
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