Review:

Running from God...Being Pursued by God

Running to God...Being Saved by God

Running with God...Being Used by God 

I. Running Ahead of God 

A. Expect God to work according to your understanding.

B. Elevate your own self-centeredness.

C. Establish limits on the same grace that saved you.

D. Employ obedience without submission.

E. Engage in whining and pouting.

II. Being Corrected by God

A. God invites you to see the tender heart of the Creator

B. God informs you that His mercy and forgiveness cannot be controlled by others

"I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

--Romans 9:15