I just got done with the book “Experiencing God”. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to build on or start their relationship with God. It taught me a lot about having a relationship with God and what my obedience means to him. The two verbs that I have just mentioned are the biggest actions that stuck out to me throughout the book. For a while, I have been obeying God in everything I have done. When he told me to do something I would usually pray about it first and if i felt like it was him I would “just do it”. Everytime I see a Nike symbol it reminds me to “Just Do It”. Anything that God asks me to do I should do for him because I am now a disciple of his and I have given my life as a sacrifice for his work. For the last couple of months, I have been obeying God as I heard him speak to me or felt led to do something. Even if I didn’t hear God tell me to do something directly, I would evaluate in my head if what I was doing was going to further the kingdom of God. If everything checked out right then I would do what I was lead to do. But now over the last week I had trouble with my obedience to God. I didn’t do some of the things he asked me to do. I fell into temptation and the sinful desires that my human nature desires. In other words, I was tempted to do something that the devil knows I used to like, I fell into his trap that he set for me, and now I am having to work everything out with God. I knew I should not have been doing the things I was doing but I did them anyways. But when I did give into some of the things of my past I noticed that I did not want to do that anymore and was not having as much fun as I used to. I am writing this right now in hope that it will help someone else not fall into the devils trap. Be obedient to God in everything you do and he will bless you. I have been disobedient just for a short time but i know that God still wants to use me in amazing ways and I cannot wait to see what he has in store for me. Our father loves us so much and when we make mistakes he will never turn his back on us! He will open his arms up wide and just say I love you so much just come back to me. Instead of us coming back to him in shame, God has killed the fattest cow, provided us with a gold ring and a robe, and invited everyone to come have a feast with him because his son that took his own way for a little while has now returned to him. God loves us so much!!! That is a magnificent truth to know. If you are having a hard time with your walk with Jesus, please know that you are not alone. Jesus never said it would be the easy way. He said that if you do follow him you will be following the narrow path. I want to encourage you to follow Jesus with all of your heart, soul, and mind and never look back. Don’t fall into all of the temptations this world offers you because it looks good to the eye but trust in God and he will deliver you from Hell. We will be able to spend the rest of eternity with our Daddy if we do the will of him!
