What is the difference in feeling regretful for failing to live up to God’s expectations and feeling fearful when facing failure? By choosing to live on the edge of God’s spiritual and moral rules, sliding over the edge will occur. Living on the edge is a clear pathway to self-sabotage.
Samuel, Israel’s last judge, refused to live on that edge because of his love and dedication to God. Saul, Israel’s king, was ambivalent about God’s control in his life. Ambivalence reflected uncertainty about God’s place in his heart. For Samuel, keeping God’s word was paramount.
What sabotaged Saul was permitting uncertainty to determine his choices and behavior. Allowing God to rule in your life isn’t easy, but doable. God’s word encourages you to allow the peace Jesus gives to rule in your heart.
Do this because Jesus first loved you and came into the world to give you peace that lasts for all eternity.
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advise you to obey only the Holy Spirit’s instructions.…then you won’t always be
doing the wrong things your evil nature wants you to. For we naturally love to
do evil things that are just the opposite from the things the Holy Spirit tells
us to do, and the good things we want to do when the Spirit has his way with us...
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