ARE WE FOLLOWING HIM

“Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!  then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:”

Isaiah 48:17,18 KJV

I think there are times when we disappoint God and break His heart because we aren’t following Him.  He has a plan for each of our lives and if we will submit to His will for our lives, not only will we have a peaceful life, we won’t hurt Him.  Are we following Him or do we insist on doing things our way?

If we do things our way instead of listening to what God tells us to do, we will never be happy.  A teenager said to his parents “I’m going to do what I want to do, not what you tell me to do”.  Isn’t that what we say to God when we don’t do what He has told us to do?  How we must hurt Him when we don’t obey Him.

Heavenly Father, forgive us for hurting You when we don’t obey You and follow Your will for our life.  We’re sorry that we hurt You and disappoint You when we refuse to listen to You and like the teenage boy who refused to obey his parents, continue to do what we want to do.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

May 27, 2015