Walking In Disobedience Over God’s Will

Walking in disobedience is choosing self-will over God’s will. The Bible tells us that God expects obedience and that disobedience can have serious consequences.

Disobedience can lead to suffering and catastrophic results, we see this with the Israelites. They experienced the consequences of their disobedience for 40 years, with an average if 130 people dying each day. When they left Egypt to enter the “promised land.”

Our disobedience can even hurt those who are closest to us. A drug addict who chooses to not obey God, and continues down a path of self-destruction, not only hurts themselves but causes destruction in their families as well. I worked at a place for recovering addicts for a few years. Every Friday we would have a support group. Many Fridays the families of addicts would come to the group for support. It was truly heartbreaking to see the results of their son or daughter had destroyed them. I only worked for about two years because it was very stressful work.

Their are Bible references that tell us about obedience and disobedience including:

• God promises a blessing to those who obey His commands and a curse to those who disobey – Deuteronomy 11:26-28.
• Those who are obedient will eat the best from the land -Isaiah 1:19
• God asks, “Why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say” -Luke 6:46
• “But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all of My commands, and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul hates My judgments so that you do not perform My commandments, but break My covenant, I also will do this to you. I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall see your seed in gains, for your enemies shall eat it” -Leviticus 6:14-16

To overcome disobedience we need a new heart and a new nature, this is why when we accept God, He gives us a renewed spirit and we become a new creation.

When we disobey God, He promises trouble for our consequences. God uses some pretty harsh words to tell us there will be consequences to our disobeying. God is pretty clear that:

“We are free to choose, but we are not free from the consequences of our choice.”