May 16, 2022
Monday
How to Learn Obedience
Hebrews 5: 1-14
"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;”
A child learns nothing of obedience when his parent instructs him, “Take the cookies and eat them.” But when the parent says, “Do not eat the cookies before supper”—oh, the suffering begins! Obedience is only learned through the things we suffer. What suffering? The suffering of resisting temptation; the suffering of not gratifying our desires; the suffering of doing another’s will instead of our own.
One of the most amazing descriptions of the humanity of Jesus Christ as Son of Man regards how He learned obedience: “by the things which He suffered.” As a human man, Jesus was tempted the same way we are, though He never yielded to those temptations (Hebrews 2:18; 4:15). His ultimate suffering came as He fulfilled the Father’s will for His life by dying for the sins of the world. He lived His entire life in service to God’s will (John 4:34; 5:19, 30; 6:38; 7:28-29). Like Jesus, our love and loyalty to God is proved when our obedience is tested.
The next time you suffer, look first to see if your obedience is being tested. Then, like Jesus, submit your will to God’s.
A point to ponder…
Obedience is the hallmark of faith.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Read the Bible through in a year
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