From time to time, I hope to be able to bring you a guest blog. Here's the first one by my friend, Christie Loboda. Enjoy and please feel free to leave your comments below! ~Christy V.
One sure fire way to spiritual growth is obedience. WHAT?
"Well duuuh," as my kids would say. But, as all moms know, there's obedience and
there's OBEDIENCE. The way you obey
makes a difference! In fact - obedience
is not only a great tool toward spiritual growth it's also a great sign of how
your growth is going!
Two guys
come to mind at different points in their spiritual walk. Moses at the burning bush was just beginning
his spiritual growth. God gave him a job
- you can read the discussion in Exodus 3 - lots of discussion - God simply
promises to be with him. Abraham in Genesis
22 is much farther along in his spiritual walk. God gave him a job - there was no discussion
only "Here I am" and prompt obedience.
Want to
"measure" your spiritual growth?
What does your obedience look like?
When God calls you - what is your reply? - run the other way, a tentative, shaking
"yeees", or a simple "Here I am."? What is your "routine" when He asks
you to do an "impossible" thing? - ramble off a list of reasons why
it's not a good idea, a list of your faults and past failures, whine and
complain with a list of hardships it will cause, … or obey immediately,
trusting God's call, His outcome, and His provision?
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet
trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith
produces steadfastness. And let
steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking in nothing. ESV
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