No matter how formidable our difficulties, the right step to take at any moment will always involve the doing of something that is quite doable. Freedom means that we can take this step, and responsibility means that we should take it.
Our conscience should move us to act in ways that are consistent with our principles. But often, we fail to act. Afraid of making a mistake, we do nothing. And consequently, we learn nothing — and lose the opportunity to grow in our understanding.
When we disobey what we know to be God’s will, we are saying by our actions, “Not Thy will, but mine be done.” Sin is always a refusal to acknowledge God, a declaration of our independence and a stiff-necked resistance to God’s sovereignty.
Unlike the atheist who believes there is no God, we may believe we don’t really have to deal with the God who does exist. We may think that He can be ignored. But our disregard for God only shows us to be foolish. It does nothing to diminish Him.