Obedience

Obedience.....I'm sure no one really likes the meaning of this word. Don't we all just want to do what we want without answering to someone else? I'm very guilty of that...often.

But God calls us to be obedient....even when He hasn't disclosed all the information we desire. Even when we feel like dragging our heels in the ground to hold our ground and continue in our own path.

Obedience is hard and painful....it's sometimes sad and discouraging and for me, currently, very emotional.

See, God's calling me to be obedient in a situation that I really want to pout about and make known that my heart isn't at all happy about it.

But, God didn't ask if I was happy or what I wanted. That sort of makes Him seem mean.....but wait....

God is all knowing, all loving, and He would never ask something of me that didn't glorify Him or that would prevent His best for me.

I was recently reminded how one act of obedience changed my life forever.....

God asked me to break up with the guy I was dating before Greg..... I didn't love the guy but I didn't want to break up with him either. But I was absolutely certain God wanted me to end it. So I did. I was a little sad about it.

But, almost immediately after, Greg asked me out. It was one of the most wonderful times in my life. Soon after that we were married.

I look at my life right now and how amazing it is...even with daily struggles I wouldn't change a thing. I look at how much Greg loves me. I look at my two precious girls and think about what wouldn't have been had I not been obedient to God. My life could have turned out completely different and much less blessed I'm certain.

God had different and better plans for me than I had for myself. It reminds me of Isaiah 55:8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

There is not a time I've regretted being obedient to His calling so even when I'm unsteady in my going forward, I will still move towards Him and not grind my heels in disobedience.


So, here we go!!