God Wants Me to Obey Completely

In review of Psalm 119:4 it says, “Lord, you have given us your laws and told us to obey them faithfully.” (GNT)

God's word is true and wonderful. Stay true to God and his word no matter how bad the world becomes. Obedience to God's laws is the only way to achieve real happiness.

God wants me to obey him and there are specific ways in which he wants me to obey him. One of those is that he wants me to obey him completely.

God doesn’t want me to pick and choose which instructions I’ll follow. He wants me to be totally obedient. Psalm 119:4 says, “Lord, you gave your orders to be obeyed completely” (NCV).

To obey God completely, I need to understand two truths.

First, God’s standard of right and wrong has never changed, and it never will. Culture changes. Popular opinion changes. But truth does not change. If something was wrong 10,000 years ago, it’s still wrong today; if it was right then, it’s right now. Truth is eternal.

Second, God has a bigger perspective than I do. He sees things that I can’t see.

When I try to see from God’s perspective, that’s like an ant trying to see from my perspective. It’s just not going to happen. I’m not capable of seeing like God sees. So I need to trust him. James 4:11 says, “Your job is not to decide whether [God’s] law is right or wrong, but to obey it” (TLB).

Humanity’s oldest temptation is to doubt God’s Word. When Satan came to Eve in the Garden of Eden, he said, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1 NIV). When I’m tempted, Satan is trying to mess me up in the same way. I find myself thinking, “I know the Bible says not to do this, but is this really for me?” Or you might ask yourself, “Did God really say that?” Just like he did for Eve, Satan will tempt me to doubt God’s Word.

And when I’m tempted to doubt, remember: God’s truth never changes, and God’s perspective is bigger than mine. I just need to trust and obey.

In summary, God has given me his laws and told me to obey them faithfully. So I am to stay true to God and his word no matter how bad the world becomes. Obedience to God's laws is the only way for me to achieve real happiness. One of the specific ways is that he wants me to obey him completely. God doesn’t want me to pick and choose which instructions I am to follow. I need to understand two truths. First, God’s standard of right and wrong has never changed, and it never will. Culture and popular opinion will change. but the truth will not. Second, God has a bigger perspective than I do. He sees things that I can’t see. The oldest temptation is to doubt God’s Word. When I’m tempted, Satan is trying to mess me up. When I’m tempted to doubt, remember: God’s truth never changes, and God’s perspective is bigger than mine. I just need to trust and obey.

I pray Father with your help that I will not stray from your standards of right and wrong and that you have a much bigger perspective than I do. You see things that I can’t and by following your truth’s I will be protected. I also ask that you help me when I face temptations to doubt your truths. I want to trust and obey you and not rely on my own understanding. I pray also today for wisdom and guidance for my day, my work, my leadership and my interactions with others. Help me to be a blessing to others. I ask these things through your Son Jesus name, Amen.