The Secret of True Obedience - Issue 1.20



	The Secret of True Obedience Issue 1.20 "The secret of true obedience -- let me say at once what I believe it to be -- is a clear and close personal relationship to God. All our attempts after full obedience will be failures until we get access to His abiding fellowship. It is God's holy presence consciously abiding with us that keeps us from disobeying Him. "Defective obedience is always the result of a defective life. To rouse and spur on that defective life by arguments and motives has its use, but their chief blessing must be that they make us feel the need of a different life, a life so entirely under the power of God that obedience will be its natural outcome. The defective life, the life of broken and irregular fellowship with God, must be healed and make way for a full and healthy life; then full obedience will become possible. The secret of true obedience is a return to close and continual fellowship with God." - Excerpted from Andrew Murray, The School of Obedience (Moody Press) Life Action Points: How close am I to God? On a scale of one to ten, rate the following: How close to God do people in my church believe me to be? How close to God do I see myself as being? How close to God would He say that I am? Do I struggle with "defective obedience?" Could this be a result of a "defective" inner life? How could I grow closer to God today? A time of silence? An uninterrupted time of prayer or Bible meditation? An act of service that no one else can see? A brief walk outdoors to contemplate His call on my life?
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