I'm wondering if God ever wants to yell down from heaven "You did good!" Probably not. He wouldn't use such atrocious grammar.
This morning I was listening to a Beth Moore DVD where she was speaking on what it means to be blessed. One of the things that really jumped out at me was that we cannot expect to be blessed if we're not living in obedience.
Now I am going to say that I knew that. Somewhere at some time or another I had learned that blessing is just on the other side of obedience. But for some reason I knew I had to let go of something I had been holding on to... nay, clinging to because I knew letting go was what God wanted from me. And today those words literally jumped out of the computer screen at me.
So I sat down, wrote what I knew I needed to write and sent it off (via the wonders of technology.) It couldn't have been more than moments before my letter was answered.
Now it's all better.
I had some guilt associated with my actions because I know how God feels about some things. He expects obedience. Like I did with my kids.
And He expects it now. I did it just a few moments past "now." But the fact remains, I did what I was supposed to do.
I feel as though a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. A really annoying weight that was starting to feel like a burden.
Why was it so important to act on obedience? You mean besides the fact that I missed out on His blessings? Because II Corinthians 2:11b tells us "in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his actions." He entangles us in a bunch of things, mainly missing God's blessing.
He gets us all caught up in the lies he wants us to believe about each other and about God. He feeds us half truths which is the same as no truth at all and hopes we will be so focused on what we want that we forget about what God wants from us.
It's such good news to us today that God is all the strength we need to do what is right. (Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.")
I know I did the right thing today. And I'm thinking God is saying "You did good!"
This morning I was listening to a Beth Moore DVD where she was speaking on what it means to be blessed. One of the things that really jumped out at me was that we cannot expect to be blessed if we're not living in obedience.
Now I am going to say that I knew that. Somewhere at some time or another I had learned that blessing is just on the other side of obedience. But for some reason I knew I had to let go of something I had been holding on to... nay, clinging to because I knew letting go was what God wanted from me. And today those words literally jumped out of the computer screen at me.
So I sat down, wrote what I knew I needed to write and sent it off (via the wonders of technology.) It couldn't have been more than moments before my letter was answered.
Now it's all better.
I had some guilt associated with my actions because I know how God feels about some things. He expects obedience. Like I did with my kids.
And He expects it now. I did it just a few moments past "now." But the fact remains, I did what I was supposed to do.
I feel as though a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. A really annoying weight that was starting to feel like a burden.
Why was it so important to act on obedience? You mean besides the fact that I missed out on His blessings? Because II Corinthians 2:11b tells us "in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his actions." He entangles us in a bunch of things, mainly missing God's blessing.
He gets us all caught up in the lies he wants us to believe about each other and about God. He feeds us half truths which is the same as no truth at all and hopes we will be so focused on what we want that we forget about what God wants from us.
It's such good news to us today that God is all the strength we need to do what is right. (Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.")
I know I did the right thing today. And I'm thinking God is saying "You did good!"
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