Did I Disobey God In Anything?

Read Deuteronomy 5:28-33.

The short answer is "Yes."

Oh, it's been a pretty simple day, in many ways. Day 2 of our holiday, and much of it has been spent driving home. So it would be pretty easy to say that I didn't do anything wrong today...mainly, perhaps, because I didn't have a chance! Oh, sure, there were those thoughts I had when that person...those people...cut me off in traffic. But that's minor stuff, surely...right?

But then my mind began to drift to the things I hadn't done today. Yes, I can disobey God by the things I don't do. For instance, Jesus said to feed the hungry and visit the prisoners. I haven't done either of those things today (feeding myself when I think I'm hungry doesn't count). The Bible says to look after orphans and widows; again, I haven't done either today. I didn't go out of my way to tell anyone about Jesus, nor have I made a new disciple today (Jesus' last command to us), but I did pray over my meal!

I don't mean to make light of this question, not at all. What it's made me realize is how often by omission rather than commission I disobey the God who never leaves, forsakes or fails me. It's often not in what I do that I am disobedient; it's in what I leave undone. It's in those times when I don't even look for someone to care for, to love, to share Jesus with. I get so wrapped up in my own life that I miss out on the better, more exciting, more adventuresome life God has for me.

Did I disobey God in ANYTHING today? Yes, I did. And, I'd bet, so did you. But, by God's grace, I'll be more aware of opportunities tomorrow and seek to act more like Jesus then than I did today.