Do we love God enough to be obedient to what He asks us to do? That is a powerful question. If you were to ask me that question I would say sure. There are 3 ways I react when God ask me to do something:
- When it is easy, I say – “Yes!”
- Other times I have dragged my feet because of fear.
- I have said No – I was disobedient.
I have learned when I am not obedient to God I miss a tremendous blessing. About 10 years ago, I had a neighbor that was the same age as my daughter. They were both 19 having a great time in college. Right in the middle of his prime young years, my neighbor, Logan gets cancer. We were all shocked and devastated. He was in and out of chemotherapy and I had the privilege of taking him many times to his treatments. We talked about God but he had been taught there was no God and we evolved from evolution. His family did not attend church. One day, I was going to visit Logan at the hospital and I felt that nudge – God saying you need to buy Logan a bible. And I thought you are kidding – his family is going to think I am nuts. I rationalized in my head that they could care less about anything Christian and I didn’t do it.
When Logan returned home from the hospital, I went next door to visit with him. He said, “Guess what? I got my first Bible.” My heart sank because God told me to get him a bible and I was not obedient. I didn’t buy the bible because I was too worried about what they would think of me. My girlfriend, Elena went to visit Logan at the hospital and she felt God giving her a nudge to buy him a bible. Elena was obedient to the call of God and bought Logan a bible and a scripture plaque for his wall. Logan and his mom loved having the scripture hanging in his bedroom. God told me to get the bible and I scoffed at the idea because of my own pride. God did give me the opportunity to open the brand new bible with Logan and I explained how the bible was written. He had never seen a bible and he was 19 years old. Logan had a college friend who was a devout Christian and shared the gospel with him every time they were together. As months passed, Logan became very ill. One day my daughter, Brittany wanted to buy Logan a cross necklace from James and Avery. This time I was going to be obedient to the call of God. We drove straight to the store bought the necklace and when we took it to him that night we found out he had given his life to Christ that day.
He loved the necklace and put it on. Logan passed away that same week. His family reached out to me and asked me to pick out the scriptures for the funeral. What a privilege God gave me to pick out the scriptures and share with the family why I chose each one.
When God calls you to be obedient – don’t miss the incredible opportunity and blessing. What is God calling you to do today – right now?
What an awesome post, Debbie! I have done this exact same thing and missed the blessing. But God, in His grace, offers another chance. He is so good!