Obeying God

John 14:23-24

 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.  He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

 There is a difference between my kids obeying me because I said so and I mean it "right now!" Or them obeying me because they love their mom and like to make me happy. When they obey because they want to obey I see their love and it does make me feel loved. That gives me a picture of God's point of view on rather our love for Him is real. When He sees His children obey not because they feel like it but simply because they love Him, it must make Him smile and He must want to bless us for it. I know I want to reward my children when I see true obedience.  A great big hug is definately a must for such things!

One area I need to be obedient in is in doing the things each day in the home that He called me to do as a wife and mom.  I have days where I haven't much motivation to do the repeated everyday task that sometimes don't seem very rewarding. But if those task are done in obedience to Him they have a purpose and will be rewarding. That is where our motivation should begin. We can obey in the very little everyday things and please God by it!

Letting God Take the Wheel

 What is holiness? I am going to tell you what it is to me personally. A relationship with God that goes to a deep (holy) level. Hearing from Him in all situations; sitting at the feet of Jesus as Mary did. Our appearance may reflect what kind of relationship we have but holiness is not merely an outward appearance. In fact in the last while I have fallen apart a number of times and there wasn't anything beautiful or "holy like" in in my appearance.  Through these things though, God brought me closer to Himself.

 James 1:2-4 says: Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,  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."

 I can now say I am counting it all joy but God is still at work in me towards perfection and I can expect that there will be more times that will hurt. God steers us towards holiness and sometimes He takes some pretty sharp turns!
 I am experiencing what I asked for when we started this study. (or maybe I asked for it most of my life in a way) It has been very painful and at times I don't understand at all what God is doing!

 I asked God to do a real work in me again and those around me. I am seeing exactly that in our home. It's still only the beginning of things to come even though the work began a long time ago.  I pray that the revival I experience right now will pass on to others. I would love to hear your experiences of what God is doing in your lives!

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