Have you ever wondered what total obedience to the Lord looks like in your life? This question plagued my thoughts starting in December.
As Christmas approached, I felt compelled to spend the 12 days of Christmas (beginning Christmas Day) completely surrendering in whatever God asked me to do.
No holding back.
No second guessing.
No arguments.
No buts.
Visions of grandeur overwhelmed me. In this total surrender, God would shatter my comfort zones – turn fear into faithful steps– lead me on an adventure.
Surely numerous opportunities would present themselves for me to tell others about Jesus. I would serve in places that made me squirm with self-doubt causing complete reliance on Him.
I know God rarely does the expected, but what He led me through in those 12 days was definitely unexpected and shattering. Not even a little bit close to my visions of grandeur.
Instead of calling me to service and heart pumping adventure, He caused me to be still – reflecting on all the ways I had been completely disobedient to Him.
Devastating events took place around me to people I love. In the grief, God brought to mind ways He had called for action, and I constantly responded, “When the time is right.”
Yet God is the God of time. He holds every second in His hand. We are not promised tomorrow.
In the book of James, we are told – “…you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes, James 4: 13-14.”
Even knowing this – I continued postponing obedience. And now – circumstances occurred that made obedience in these particular situations impossible.
Opportunities vanished.
The window open was now sealed shut.
For 12 days I confessed where I failed Him.
Repented for repeated disobedience.
Vowed to live bolder in obedience with less fear and more faith.
What about you?
Is there an area you know God has called you to obedience and the response to Him is when the time is right?
The moment we hear Him say “Do” or “Go” is the right time.
If the quality is poor then the product will be delivered to your home / office anywhere around the world. get free levitra Quite a lot of men are levitra properien suffering from something called ED or erectile dysfunction. The medicinal supplier keeps your information secret and delivers the medicine in the safest cute-n-tiny.com levitra prices manner. Hormone-Induced Erectile Dysfunction Hormonal abnormalities, including increased prolactin, which is a hormone produced by the pituitary shop levitra gland.