Our One Prayer message this week was on obedience. The opposite of obedience is rebellion. I was thinking about the different looks of rebellion and thought I would illustrate it through colors:
Red- You know you're doing wrong, you continue to do wrong, you enjoy doing wrong. You are in red hot rebellion, blazing a trail of disobedience. The alarm is going off. You are living in sin.
Yellow- You know you're doing wrong, you continue to do wrong, you do not enjoy it--but you are gutless to stop it. You refuse to act. You are a yellow coward.
Pink- You think you're doing wrong. You refuse to examine your spirit and ask yourself the tough questions. You are weak. You are a spiritual wimp. Your spirit is pastel ="pale in color".
Green- You are in rebellion due to your pride and envy. You are full of jealousy, thus refusing to submit. You are selfish with your time and resources--it's all about you, baby. You have to be the center of attention, the leader, the dude. You are not a team player. You covertly try to lure others to join the rebellion. You are critical. You don't agree with leadership, so you've checked out.
Purple- You have been bruised. Your rebellion is that you quit God after being hurt. You nurture your rebellion by feeling sorry for yourself. You can't bring yourself to come back to God or the church. You just live all beat up, denying The Healer access.
What's your color?
3 comments:
Everyone is in rebellion in one stage or another. We are forced to do thngs we don't want to do everyday.
I disagree..... we are not "forced"... we each make a choice, whether we admit it or not, we choose to be in rebellion.
You are both right! It is true that we are not "forced" to be in rebellion. We have a free will that was granted to us through the cross. It is also true that everyone is probably dealing with some level of rebellion in their life. That is what the Bible talks about when it refers to our carnal man. The apostle Paul struggled with this as well. Until we receive a glorified body, we will all need to continue to grow in Christ, learn from our mistakes, and choose to live a life that reflects Him. Thanks to both of you for taking the discussion further, nothing wrong with healthy, good-natured, debate. Iron sharpens iron.
Also, Sharrellleigh-- thanks for always letting your name stand behind your comments! Good job.
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