What is a rebel? Opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler. What does it mean to rebel? To oppose or disobey one in authority or control. (Merriam Webster)
Growing up, I thought of a rebel as one who wouldn’t conform to the rules of the school, a troublemaker. As I read and study scripture, I find that I should have been looking in at self. Separated from God, I was a rebel. I opposed His rule in my life. I was rebelling when I disobeyed God and His law. Isaiah 53:5-6 says, “But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.”
Ever since the first rebellion in the garden, God had a plan. To redeem sinners through His Son. Today, let us examine our own hearts. Let us confess any action or attitude that is in direct opposition to God’s word. Let us come humbly to His throne of grace, asking for forgiveness. Healing our hearts. Conforming our hearts to be in tune with Him. That our words, thoughts and actions are under His sovereign rule in our lives. “We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5b) So, take those rebellious thoughts, give them over to God. Turn to God’s word and ” set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above,” (Colossians 3:1-2)