10 Reasons we Rebel against God

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We Rebel against God  

 

There are many avenues that we Rebel against God, and in most of them, we might not realize we are rebelling.  It is so easy to go our own way to do what we should not do, forget about what we should do, and just do what we want.  

Hope I do not step on toes here, but it is easy to buy 'stuff' we do not really need, but we buy we like it better than what we have, that is still quite usable -- a bigger car, a bigger house, a bigger boat or camper just to name a few.  Or, newer things like a digital TV when the old Tube monster still works as good as ever.   Sometimes we try to rationalize the bigger purchase, but still know we could get by with less and something not so expensive.  

How much good could we do with the difference in price between what we want and what we can truly justify.  A good example of this, we buy a 40 inch TV when the clerk tells us a 32 inch will do just fine for your room size.  Say it is a $100 difference in price.  That $100 could do a lot of good helping someone else.

You may have experienced better examples than this, tell me of them in the comment section below.

The secular world will tell us

"Do it your way".... when
God is telling us to do it His way,
Through Jesus, He says: "I am the way.."
and we have the Holy Spirit to show us the Way!

It is unfortunate that in the days of mankind, 
       His way is far too often the "Road less Traveled".

I share but 10 ideas 

Why we Rebel against God.

1.     We doubt God in our having too much self-confidence (*1).

2.     We believe our Judgment is Better with never praying about our judgment or even asking opinions of others. 

Many leaders do this.  

They do not share leadership.  

They are a boss rather than a leader, and worse
     many think bossing is leadership.

Many 'leaders' feel: 
       It is only their way our you take the highway.
In our rebellion, we just like our selfishness, and that creates a barrier in our relationship with God.

3.     We believe God has Let us Down. 

Here, we did not ask for just our needs, but too often
    too much for our wants.  We are too Self-Focused!

We pray for our wants, and this sets us up for great disappointment in our relationship with God.
God is in the needs business not the wants business.

4.     We think we know better. 

We fail to pray and/or even ask for other opinions.

Boy, does this get us in trouble.

5.     We just want things our way. 

Another trouble maker!  

We plan. 
   We make a mess of our plans.
       We create a big mess, then pray, 
"God bless my mess."

 6.     We just get tired of being told what to do, where to do it, when to do it, and how to do it.
Then, we insist on knowing why we have to do it. 

In our impatience, we come to believe that we know better than God in what to do with our lives.

 7.     We would just rather live our way and suffer through

the familiar pain we know, rather than 
live in God’s Way, accept his help to heal our pain, and in patience allow Him to guide us in His Way.

8.     We just want to have selfish fun.   The irony comes when we learn that real fun comes more in helping others than in helping ourselves to our selfish idea of fun.

9.     We do not trust God because of unfulfilled prayers, we believe and still suffer, and sometimes our life just seems unjustly out of control.|  Again, this is a function of praying for wants and not needs.  The greatest mistake of our generation.

 10.  We feel God has left us when in fact, 

              it is us who have moved and turned away.

Add to the list below in the comments  section.

Many Times we do not even realize we are in rebellion against God.  In our greed, living in our desires, and  ignoring that inner conscience that tries to lead us in God's way, we slide into Sin without even realizing the sin we are in.  In the following writing you will read of some of these"Sneaky 'little' Sins" that slip into our lives.

How many of these little sins have captured your life?

Click here for>>>   Sneaky 'little' Sins

The Hope for Our Sin >>>>
            Prayer Life-  Why did Jesus Pray -so often

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Behaviors God Desires From Us

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Notes:
*1  Self-Confidence is a Slippery Slope, click here for my experience of seeing it evaporate:
                Losing Confidence in Self at the Height of Success


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intro:

There are many reasons we rebel and sin against God, here are but ten.  If I remind you of your behavior, do not feel too bad.  Just correct your behavior, ask God for forgiveness and move on to better behaviors.  Our God is in the business of Forgivenss.  Click below for the message:

http://lonnieadailythought.blogspot.com/2011/07/10-reasons-we-rebel-against-god.html