Psalm 25:10 (NIV) All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.
Acts 5:29 (NIV) Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!
Matthew 14:22 (NIV) Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
Obedience to God's will does not mean everything will go smoothly, that the wind will always be at our backs, and that the journey will be easy. Jesus told his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake, even though he knew the wind would be working against them. Despite the wind's contrariness, they struggled on, because they knew they were doing his will.—Shawn Craig
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "OBEDIENCE".
