Test of obedience.

So in life we test things:
We test to see if people are lying.
We test our dogs to see if they will listen.
We test ourselves in general.

So who tests us?
God test our obedience to him.
When we hear the word Obey, we some time put negative connotations with the word. However, that is not what God expresses in his word. First, lets examine the word obey, to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of (dictionary.com). When I was looking up obey the first thing that jumped out to me was the synonym for the word: submission. 
  
This is such a great meaning and understanding of the word, submission. Submitting ourselves to the Lord even when we do not understand what he is doing. 
 
John 14:15 | "If you love me, you will obey what I command." 

I wish I could of read this verse before this past weekend because I didn't understand anything that he was doing with me. Today, I realize it's not if I understand his work, its whether I trust in him. Test of obedience. Test of faith in him. God seems to test his followers in the most difficult times. 


I thought I would finish this post off today with a prayer, not only for myself but for others as well. 


 Today, Lord we want to thank you for your love. Thank you for a new day that you provided. We ask you to humble us, so that we may surrender ourselves more to you. That we may be able to stand strong in the times of difficulty because we will know that you are preparing us for a test, a test of how much we love you, how much we trust you, and how we will obey you. God, you are such an awesome savior. You deserve more glory than we give you. We ask you to use us in ways we cannot use ourselves. 
In Jesus name,
Amen.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Take a minute.

Image
Life moves fast sometimes, to fast. Sometimes we get to wrapped up in the fast life and we forget the little things. I know I can admit, I become easily distracted by the little things. That little thing can distract me, and can become a big distraction, and that big distraction can cause me to stray away from what I know is best or right. So we must remember to not to get distracted or become overwhelm. Just take a minute to breathe and bask in the beauty, that Jesus Christ has created for us. The other night, as well as, the night before I found myself looking up at the stars, all billion of those beautiful stars and how they light up the sky. Just makes me realize how amazing our God is, for him to place all those stars in the sky and light up the night the way they do is amazing. I just need everyone to look at how amazing the sky looks at night. Just look how amazing the sky looks, although this isn't a picture I took, it's still a picture of God's w...
Read more

Jesus, Take the Wheel!!!!!!!

Image
You know that saying people would say "Jesus take the wheel," have you ever thought about what that means. Well I figured I could provide a good example:  Now that you got a good laugh, lets really talk. I remember growing in people would say that saying and I never really understood what it meant. So now that I am older, I use to say "Jesus, take the wheel" I remember saying it when I was stressed out or when a friend of mines was acting inappropriately. When we think of such a saying, we want God to have control because we lack all control. But shouldn't God always be driving the car in your life? And what does that look like when you truly let Jesus drive? For me that means I need to surrender. I am still allowing myself to put other things in God's place. I am driving to a destination that I chose to worship other than God. Simply, I am idolizing something that isn't God. You will always be driving on a never ending road when you chose s...
Read more

Simple Things.

Image
I got this Awesome coffee mug yesterday, and I am absolutely obsessed with it. First, it says You are an Amazing Woman . Second, the rim of the mug is Proverbs 31: 29 | " Many Women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." This is such a inspirational mug not because of who said, simply because it's a word of God. Words of confirmation and positivity, ladies if this doesn't lift your spirits in the morning, then I don't know what will. Let's thank God for the simple things like waking up, and getting an awesome mug. God you are an amazing father, you never fail in love for me. And I thank you for that. Thank you for whipping away my sins, for sending your one and only son to die on the cross for me. What an awesome God you are, and you deserve nothing less than the highest praise! I walk into the upcoming week with my eyes directed on you, and knowledge of knowing that everything that will happen through you and for you. You are my Savior Jesus ...
Read more