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I am sitting in a coffee shop, ear buds in, reading my Bible, pondering what messages really need to be said. This one pictured is a memory—but it represents what I do each week when I prepare Tea Time Tuesday—coffee (tea was earlier!), music, focus!
We live in a world of social media that tells us what to do. But that does not mean the voice is one of truth. What voices do you listen to?
Jesus said, “If you love me, obey me.”
Obedience is a theme in my spiritual life—learning to bow my knee before God, His word, doing what He asks, regardless of my feelings.
“Mama, why do I have to obey you and Daddy? Who said you were right?” (From a child who wanted to do something we didn't allow.)
Obedience is the action of authentic faith; “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
I said, “God loves us so much that He gives us principles of wisdom to teach us what is right and wrong, what will lead us to a godly life. God protects us from making painful mistakes in our lives by giving us instruction. But parents are God’s representatives to teach you how to obey Him. If you learn to obey us, you will want to obey God when you are an adult. We are God’s representatives to help our precious children learn to love wisdom, how to be righteous. You practice with us so that you will be ready to follow God’s leading when we are not there to help.”
We cannot please God unless we cultivate a heart that wants to obey Him. It is not about being religious, works oriented, or “churchy.” It is having a heart to ponder His words, stories, ways that He dealt with people, and then do what we can to obey His heart lessons. We grow as we learn to obey, even when it is a challenge. Without a heart to do what God tells us, we cannot please Him.
To obey: to act according what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to submit to instruction.
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This week, I pray you will be sensitive to listen to the Holy Spirit, to obey what God tells you to do in His word, to show His truth, His love because of your heart to obey Him in the real and now.