there is a blessing in obedience

there is a blessing in obedience.  when I was younger and my mother would tell me to do what she said or else, I did it because she was mom and I didn't want a beat down or to be on punishment.  when I was told to do what the teacher told me to do in class, I did it because they were the teachers and I didn't want a bad grade or be sent to the disciplinarian's office or worse, have my mother find out.  for my obedience in either case the reward was always better than the punishment, of course.  I got to stay up later, got to watch tv a little longer or got to go outside and play when I did what my mother said.  I would get an "A" or "B" on a test or got to be the teacher's helper when I did what the teacher said.


I had not made the correlation between my training in obedience as a child or younger person to the task of being obedient as an adult in this growing and maturing relationship that I have with the Father.  the reward for obedience is so much greater than the consequences of not being obedient to His call on my life.  when you know better you do better.


there is a blessing in obedience. 

peace and blessings GoOD people!

jai ar

Amazed

He is connecting the dots and the image of His Glory is becoming clearer as He moves through my life.   I thank God for the  spirit of obedience. Had I not obeyed His call and assignment I would be in a totally different mental and spiritual mindset.

I am amazed by all of the things that God is showing me, by everything that He is doing.  My excitement is hard to contain!

Several years ago while I was still in my messy state, but easing my way out, God placed on me the assignment of writing a book about my life.  He said that my life will encourage others, it will help them to see that someone else has gone through some tough and treacherous times but I continued to turn to Him for hope and help and made it through.

I started that book and then made the choice to put it down, my thinking was I would wait until the grandparents were gone because they were not aware of all that happened, that I would wait until the kids were older because they would better understand. That excuse satisfied me but not God, He allowed me the reprieve.

Later He put in me the assignment of mentoring/counseling or I should say life coaching but I had convinced myself that I could not do that because I didn't have the education, I didn't have the knowledge.   That excuse satisfied me but not God, He allowed me a slight reprieve.  Not long after He put it back on me and I gave the same excuses, thankfully I was working for a company that would pay fir my education so I a ent back to school thinking that was the solution.  However I then had not time or energy to work on what He wanted me to do.

Let me say this; whatever God wants you to do for His Kingdom, for His Glory, believe me He will make sure you do it.

So because I had no time or energy to give to what God had expressly directed me to do He made sure I no longer had those obstacles and since I have finally gotten an understanding, I finally say yes to whatever He tells me to do things have really been moving in the right direction.

There is so much more to share and I will later.

Peace and blessings wonderful people!

Jai ar