Day 7 – Obedience and Submission(22/01)

Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. – Psalms 119:33 – 37

"Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.”
– 1 Samuel 15: 22b – 23a


“Why? Why must I obey? Can’t God overlook this one area? I have been obeying every other commandment? I can even tithe more and serve more! Can’t I have a little freedom of choice? Freedom to do what I want as long as it seems right to me and to others?”

Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit ironically leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water and he has lost his liberty. A fish is free in the water, but leave him on the sand and he perishes. He is out of his realm. So, young people, the Christian is free when he does the will of God and is obedient to God's command. This is as natural a realm for God's child as the water is for the fish, or the air for the bird."

Trust and Obey!
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
Than to trust and obey!


Prayer and Meditation

Praying for Personal needs:
- Pray for understanding so that you can obey His teachings and obey them with all your heart
- Pray for re-alignment of hearts and focus towards God rather than to self

Praying for the Ministry and Campus:
- obedience to those God have placed over us
- Understanding and acceptance of God’s rule as King