Being Obedient

It's so important to be obedient and the more you listen, the easier it is to hear Him. I think it's easy to question what we feel God is telling us to do. Partly because we try to understand why and we try to see our role in particular situations. But I believe that so many times when God has a purpose for using us, it has absolutely nothing to do with us but everything to do with the person or people on the receiving end. It's kind of selfish of us to think that we can "choose" not be obedient, especially when it involves others.

We shouldn’t be obedient because we see it as a "good deed" or because we will worry about what God will think of us. If we choose not to listen to God and not be obedient, we might miss out on planting a seed in someone’s life or extending the fruit of the Spirit. We might miss out on an opportunity to extend to others what Jesus so graciously and unconditionally extends to us.

We need to be obedient always and we don’t need to understand why or what God calls us to do. We are not skilled to understand. And many times we will never see the outcome or end result but after our part is complete, it just doesn't matter...we did what God called us to do and that is all that matters.

We need to trust and have faith in God's perfect plan and know that if He has chosen us, it’s because He knows that we are perfect and capable for what He’s called us to do.

He is the truth and the way and we need to be obedient simply because God has spoken.