To obey or not to obey

wisdom of oz (no. 1)

To obey or not to obey

Reading the thoughts of Oswald Chambers today I realized there a difference between discipline and obedience.

To obey is to “do nothing of himself…do only what He sees His Father doing.” (John 5:19)

It’s an issue of the heart; to obey, to listen.

Discipline without obedience is to not have ‘righteousness that surpasses that of the Pharisees’. Obedience without discipline is to abdicate our responsibility in “capturing every thought into captivity.” (2 Corinthians 10:5 PAR)

Obedience with discipline is when we love God with all of our “heart, soul, mind and strength.” (Mark 12:30 PAR)