Obedience

What a word – Obedience! We’ve all been obedient to Powers above us, but being obedient to God is different. He’s not giving you a ToDo list, categorized, organized, and laid out from most to least important. His commands come from His Word – The Holy Book – The Bible. Learning to Trust Him and follow His orders (so to speak) and to be able to do that without question – is Nearly Impossible! We typically aren’t obedient to someone or something if we can’t find Trust in it. You wouldn’t go Rock climbing if you didn’t trust your gear – the manufacturing and/or reviews of such. Just as you wouldn’t go scuba diving without trust in your air tank and diving buddy. It would be a ridiculous thought to even contemplate these activities without Trust! God is asking to be your lifeline – your rope – your tank. Trust that He will sustain you, as then you can be obedient in His tasks. I can promise you these tasks are more often than Not – uncomfortable, but that’s where Trust comes in. Can you trust Him with your life? As a parent we expect our children to be obedient to us and others of authority. We expect them to choose to be obedient because they Trust us with their lives. How is this act of Obedience between you and God, the Almighty Father any different? Obedience without Trust is impossible- No one would accomplish much if we all just blindly did as we were told.

We have to Trust that our call to Obedience is God’s Will. Not only will He meet us on the other side. He’ll walk us through the difficultness of the obedient task. I’m not afraid to tell you there are things He has tasked me with that I have questioned and even asked that He let me off the hook. Everytime this happens He reminds me of Moses and Abraham and the task He put before them- that took even greater Obedience and Trust than anything He could ever ask of me. Remember these moments in your lack of Trust. Pick up your cross, shoulder the burden and be as obedient as He is asking – knowing it’s for your own growth!