While I realize this wasn’t exactly the point Neil was
making there, what I started thinking about was how often it’s easy to obey
when things make sense, or in the big things, and how hard it is to obey when
circumstances would lead us to believe our obedience is insignificant.
Here’s a scenario:
instead of fulfilling a commitment we’ve made – attending that care
group, making that meeting or practice, doing whatever it is we said we would
do – we give ourselves a pass, and then invent or exaggerate the reason for
flaking.
I’ve been on the receiving end of that less-than-honest
phone call, but before I could get mad (or stay mad, anyway), God reminded me
of how often I fight that temptation.
What He’s requiring of me is honesty, even in the little things, and
especially when I think it really doesn’t matter.
I want to be a person of integrity. I don’t need to lead a nation, like
Joshua, but I do want my life to be marked by obedience. Even in the little things.
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