A Call to Obedience

Over the past few months I have had the word OBEY come up in my time with the Lord and in sermons that I have sat under. It is only human nature to want to disobey authority and God, but I know better from what I have learned. I have always had a problem with authority, if someone tells me to sit down my reaction would be to stand up. It might sound strange, but I just don't enjoy being told what to do. While reading Deuteronomy 30, everything became so clear to me that I almost felt silly. God so simply puts his commands out there for us to understand, but somehow we just don't get it.

In Deuteronomy 30:17-20 it says "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, OBEYING him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the KEY to your life. And if you love and OBEY the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

Those verses to me say it all! I have choose Blessings over my life and by the grace of God live by his word. Not by man, but only by him can I walk this daily life. If it were up to me I would be up to the same ole things I used to be doing. It has taken me a very long time to come to a place of complete surrender to Him and it has made such a difference in my life. Before, I knew I loved the Lord and was a "Christian", but my life was bearing no fruit and I fell into the same sin week after week. Thank goodness I made the choice to take up my cross and follow him!!

Since marrying in June I have completely wanted to change every aspect of my life. After coming to the point of complete surrender, God has molded me and is still molding me. It has hurt tremendously, because many of the things that are being trimmed away I love... examples would be, friends, shows, beverages, music, attitude. There is nothing I want more then to be pleasing in God's sight and in my husbands.

I pray that if you are "on the fence" with some things like I was then you will get it under the blood and come to a place of total surrender and obey God. Life is so much sweeter walking daily with God.... I would have it absolutely NO other way! :)

Love,
Laura. :)