God is our Father and wants our happiness, so submit to his will It is the best way to find joy and peace. However, we know that we have free will and often we say no to the will of God for preferring our own desires and plans. So, at rebel against Godwe are willingly missing out on the wonderful plan that He designed when he created us:Because I know very well the plans that I have projected on you – oracle of the Lord –: they are plans for prosperity and not for misfortune, to assure you a future and hope. (Jeremiah 29:11). Therefore, it is better go your wayas Jesus tells us: “(…) Whoever loves me will be faithful to my word” (John 14:23).
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8 Words of Scripture on Obedience to God
The way of God is the way of Life
“Today I place before you life and happiness, death and misery. If you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today, if you love the Lord your God and keep his commandments, his laws and his precepts, then you will live, you will multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land where you are now going to enter to take possession of it.” (Deuteronomy 30, 15-16)
God dwells in those who listen to him
“Jesus answered him: “Whoever loves me will be faithful to my word, and my Father will love him; we will go to it and dwell in it.” (John 14, 23)
It is not enough to speak: we must act according to the will of God
“It is not those who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21
Let us listen to the voice of God, because He knows us perfectly
“You know if I sit down or get up; from afar you perceive what I think, you realize if I walk or if I rest, and all my steps are familiar to you. Before the word is on my tongue, you, Lord, know it fully.” (Psalm 139:2-4)
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Let’s follow his path, because he will take care of us
“The clothes you wore did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during those forty years. Recognize that the Lord, your God, corrects you as a father corrects his children. Observe the commandments of the Lord your God; he follows his ways and fear him.” (Deuteronomy 8:4-6)
God leads us on a path of peace
“The Lord is my shepherd, I can lack nothing. He makes me rest in green meadows, he leads me to still waters and restores my strength; he guides me in the right path, for his Name’s sake.” (Psalm 22:1-3)
We are called to do great things through God
“By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, moved by holy fear, built an ark to save his family. Thus, by that very faith, he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes from faith. By faith, Abraham, obeying the call of God, set out for the place that he was to inherit, not knowing where he was going.” (Hebrews 11:7-8)
Let us obey so as not to stray down the wrong path
“There are paths that seem straight, but in the end they are paths of death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
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