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We Can’t Obey on Our Terms
True obedience requires complete surrender without any attempt to find a compromise.
When God calls you to do something, how do you respond? Most of us don’t raise a fist at Him and yell, “I won’t do it!” Instead, we usually struggle with the idea for a while. Sometimes we argue, telling Him all the reasons why it won’t work. Or we could react like Jonah and simply run the other direction (Jonah 1:2-3).
However, there’s another response that is often so subtle we don’t even recognize it as disobedience. Substituting our plan for God’s is a way to appear obedient while quietly avoiding what He’s actually asked. That’s how King Saul responded to the divine command he’d been given. Saving a few animals to sacrifice to the Lord seemed more reasonable than total obedience—and in Saul’s eyes, perhaps even more honoring to God.
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