Untitled Part 2

STOP!

First read "Untitled" here then come back and read this.

I listened to that quiet voice and I went to the church I felt God leading me to tonight. Nothing out of the ordinary happened... BUT the sermon spoke on obeying God... even in the little things. Obeying God in the little things, well that sounds familiar.

So I got to thinking.... How many times do we not obey God and things go wrong? How many times do we not even pay attention to the fact that we aren't obeying God because we are too hurried in our lives and focused on the situation rather than the One above?

I'm not talking about the whole following the rules thing. We know the law, we know the rules, we should be following them. I'm talking more 'trivial things' as we tend to see them in the moment.

Maybe you got in a car accident and thankfully you are ok, but looking back you remember hearing that quiet voice that said not to go out today. You ignored it.

Maybe you started pursuing a relationship with someone even though deep inside you sensed something saying stop! Don't do it! The relationship fails and your heart breaks. Was that quiet voice God trying to prevent this from happening?

We look at the big things in life and we focus on those things. What about each and every step that led us there or took us away? Those are the moments we need to quiet ourselves and listen to His voice. Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10. God can speak to you in so many different ways, through other people, into your heart. But it's still up to you to listen, to trust, to obey.

This evening I heard God telling me to go to a specific church even though I planned to and wanted to go to a different one. But I put my own desires aside to trust and follow God. Did anything crazy happen at that service? Not that I know of. Is it the church for me? I don't really think so. So why was I supposed to go there tonight? I might not ever know that but I have to trust. Perhaps God prevented something horrible from happening had I gone to the other church I wanted to. God knows all, I do not. That is why I must obey Him and trust Him.

We may not understand why. It may go against what everyone else is telling you to do. But we aren't followers of self or others, we are followers of God. Stop, listen, and obey. I am confident if you do that God will be leading you where you need to be and all of those trials are in the process of turning into a beautiful testimony.