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IBS 22 - Acts 5:9

Acts 5:29
“Peter and the other apostles replied:’We must obey God rather than human beings!’”

It’s so easy to obey humans rather then God. They’re physically here with us, making it more intimidating if you don’t obey them in that moment. You don’t want the punishment of disobeying them, but if it doesn’t align with God’s word, then obeying them would do you and many more people no good.
Disobeying God is so much worse. It’s much more intimidating in the long run. No one wants to be the person that has to say they deliberately disobeyed God. He says He has a great plan for us, we just have to obey Him and let Him, and the reward will be so much greater then anything a human could give us for obeying. No matter what, God’s plans will get done with or without us, and we can choose for Him to use us for His great Kingdom. Then we can say, “Yes, I obeyed God, and look what He did.” 
To obey God isn’t the popular choice anymore. We get ridiculed for it, people look at us weird, it’s not normal. That’s what makes it so hard to obey Him. We want to fit in with the world and no one likes to get looked at in a weird way. That’s part of the sacrifice, but it’s so sweet in the end. 
God calls us to leave our comfort for the unknown, and most people can never understand that. When I told a couple of people about Potter’s Field, they didn’t understand why I would ever do a thing like that. They didn’t get that obedience to Christ is so much greater and better then anything else.  
Obeying God brings a sense of peace. Obeying humans that are instructing against the Bible brings worry and anxiety. You’re in a state of panic and there’s a heavy weight placed on you. Following God is freedom. 


Application: I’ll write God is > on my left arm as a reminder that God’s instructions are more important then humans and to always go to God for that. 

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