Last week I went back home to see my family and it was so wonderful to see everyone I had been missing. This trip was not just great to see those I love but to reflect on this past year. I moved to Florida last Oct. to seek help for my addiction problem and find new freedom in my life. God has brought so much more to my life than those things I sought out. As I learned to obey Him and follow His will for my life I found so much peace, freedom and happiness. Obeying God has never been easy and I am sure this goes for every one but when I find myself doing right I get see more of His glory. Here is something that God has laid on my heart as I walked through my reflections.
Obedience in the least or small areas of life depicts a deep and faithful secret life with God. Many believers simply disregard obeying God in the smaller areas of their life like their thoughts and words. They do not want to wrestle through these issues. In obeying God is to do good works in our life. To do good speaks of the sincere intentions and determination of our heart to do God’s will in each area of our life. In other words, we set our heart to pursue good in the use of our time, talents, treasures, mind, emotions, will, body, soul, spirit, circumstances, and ministry. When circumstances arise in our life’s we find it to be more difficult to obey God’s word and commandment. This is where I find in having faith in God helps me walk through the difficulties of life. Faithfulness is follow through in our intentions to do good in the face of pressure, obstacles, difficulty, mundaneness, smallness, and temptation. I have faith with confidence that I know it matters to God. Difficult circumstances usually equals- many give up at the slightest resistance when facing difficulty. They conclude that God sovereignty changed the season. I believe God wants us to press through the obstacles and overcome and not to so quickly yield. It has been a wonderfully difficult year for me as I faced myself and the destruction I have caused over the years. Facing myself has probably been one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I walked through this with faith in God that this was going to bring me healing. I had disobeyed God in many areas of my life of the years but as I became teachable I also became obedient towards God. Obedience has brought more faith into my life that God will hold my hand through everything.
When the road seems dark and discouraging lift your eyes to God and ask for help. He is ready and willing to take your hand as you walk in obedience with Him. He does not ask us to do anything alone but to do everything with Him.
29 For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall. (Ps. 18:29)
He who is faithful in what is least (small areas) is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. (Lk. 16:10)
