{"id":1752,"date":"2024-07-30T04:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2024-07-30T04:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:32:03","slug":"obedience-and-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2024\/07\/30\/obedience-and-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Obedience and Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bible Reading (July 25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nehemiah 10-11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proverbs 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hebrews 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Spiritual Gift has God given for me to thank Him and praise Him for in worship today? (<\/strong><strong>Rom 1:11<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Hebrews 3:6 But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God\u2019s entire house. And we are God\u2019s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We are God\u2019s house! What a gift. 1 Cor 3:16 says, \u201cDon\u2019t you know that you yourselves are God\u2019s temple and that God\u2019s Spirit lives in you?\u201d (NIV) If we are God\u2019s house, and God\u2019s Spirit lives in us, then I hope He feels at home in our hearts! Eph 3:17 Paul prays for the Ephesians that Christ would dwell in their hearts as they trust him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pray today that you will dwell in His presence (Rom 13:14) and that your heart will be a place God feels at home as he dwells in your heart (Eph 3:17). And that His presence will be a source of courage and confidence as you go through today. (Heb 3:6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What encouraged me in my faith? (<\/strong><strong>Rom 1:12<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Neh 10:29-37 They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heb 3:18-19 And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn\u2019t it the people who disobeyed him? So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s interesting to see the correlation between obedience and rest. Obedience enables resting. The people of Israel disobeyed, and as a result, they found themselves at war and in constant fear and bondage. They failed to enter into God\u2019s rest. I see this in my life. The more I give in to my flesh, and the more I fail to respond to the Spirit, the more anxious I feel, and the more hectic and agitated I become. But, when I am living with the awareness of His presence, and making the choice to walk in the Spirit, I find much more peace on the inside, even when things outside are not necessarily peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pray today that you will choose to walk in the Spirit, so that you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. That\u2019s God\u2019s promise in Gal 5:16. i pray you will find rest from the flesh as you choose to walk in the Spirit. I pray that the things of this world, it\u2019s values and pleasures, will be distasteful, and as the words of the old hymn says, may they, \u201cbecome strangely dim in light of his glory and grace.\u201d I pray you will enjoy resting in the loving arms of Jesus today, no matter what you are facing. May the peace that passes understanding fill your heart today. (Phil 4:7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What spiritual fruit does God want to work in me and in those I share this with today? (<\/strong><strong>Rom 1:13<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prov 12:1 To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prov 12;14 Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prov 12:18 the words of the wise bring healing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prov 12:25 Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heb 3:13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still \u201ctoday,\u201d so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible Reading (July 25) What Spiritual Gift has God given for me to thank Him and praise Him for in worship today? (Rom 1:11) Hebrews 3:6 But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God\u2019s entire house. 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