Post by mrsdeweysmith on Dec 20, 2006 9:32:40 GMT -5
EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF YOUR OBEDIENCE
Obedience + Delay = Disobedience
__ Do I have to be reminded several times before I do a job?
__ Do I say "I will" and then take my time before I finally get around do
doing the job?
__ Do I answer, "I will, but not right now" or "Later"?
__ Do I fail to meet deadlines?
Obedience + Murmuring = Disobedience
__ Do I do what I am told, but pout as I do it?
__ Do I complain about the things expected of me?
__ Do I make sure that others feel sorry for me as I do the work I have been
told to do?
Obedience + My Methods = Disobedience
__ Do I do what I am told, but not in the way I am told?
__ If I cannot do the job my own way, do I leave it undone or do it
half-heartedly?
__ Am I sneaky about the shortcuts I take because my parents would not
approve them?
__ Do I insist that my parents explain why they want something done in the
manner they have specified before I will complete the task?
Obedience + The Desire to Have People Praise Me = Disobedience
__ Do I do the things my parents have asked of me just so that people will
praise me?
__ If no one praises me for what I have done, do I stop doing it or do it
half-heartedly?
Obedience + Letter of the Law - Spirit of the Law = Disobedience
__ Do I obey my parents or authorities, yet continually look for how close I
can come to disobedience without actually being accused of it?
__ Do I tell only a portion of the story so that the full situation is not
understood by my authority?
"Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure, and....right"
(Proverbs 20:11)
God doesn't wink at disobedience. There are no gray areas...slow obedience is simply a way to make the decision our own in obedience, and get the 'upper hand' in the issue. It's the same as not doing it at all....of course, we would punish differently for outright ignoring/disobedience of a task with the children, then we would for slowly obeying a task. Still, though, it would be disobedient.
Deanna
Obedience + Delay = Disobedience
__ Do I have to be reminded several times before I do a job?
__ Do I say "I will" and then take my time before I finally get around do
doing the job?
__ Do I answer, "I will, but not right now" or "Later"?
__ Do I fail to meet deadlines?
Obedience + Murmuring = Disobedience
__ Do I do what I am told, but pout as I do it?
__ Do I complain about the things expected of me?
__ Do I make sure that others feel sorry for me as I do the work I have been
told to do?
Obedience + My Methods = Disobedience
__ Do I do what I am told, but not in the way I am told?
__ If I cannot do the job my own way, do I leave it undone or do it
half-heartedly?
__ Am I sneaky about the shortcuts I take because my parents would not
approve them?
__ Do I insist that my parents explain why they want something done in the
manner they have specified before I will complete the task?
Obedience + The Desire to Have People Praise Me = Disobedience
__ Do I do the things my parents have asked of me just so that people will
praise me?
__ If no one praises me for what I have done, do I stop doing it or do it
half-heartedly?
Obedience + Letter of the Law - Spirit of the Law = Disobedience
__ Do I obey my parents or authorities, yet continually look for how close I
can come to disobedience without actually being accused of it?
__ Do I tell only a portion of the story so that the full situation is not
understood by my authority?
"Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure, and....right"
(Proverbs 20:11)
God doesn't wink at disobedience. There are no gray areas...slow obedience is simply a way to make the decision our own in obedience, and get the 'upper hand' in the issue. It's the same as not doing it at all....of course, we would punish differently for outright ignoring/disobedience of a task with the children, then we would for slowly obeying a task. Still, though, it would be disobedient.
Deanna