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!

Love and Obedience

I know I haven’t come to share in a while. We are now working on lesson 9. Lesson 7 was on obedience, the test of love. It is just so true, that if we truly love the Lord , we will want to obey Him and do His will. We are not working to earn our salvation, that was already a free gift to those who believed and personally accepted it. Having received now and having a personal relationship with Him now, we have so much to be thankful for! Though I can’t do anything to earn this on my own, He gave me eternal life. The hope of eternal life is now what is a for sure thing. He saved my soul. Me! (A sinner from the beginning. ) And to all of those who have accepted this. Jesus freed me from what I really deserved and gave me an eternal future in heaven. He is preparing a place for us that is great beyond what we can comprehend.
So, the price has been paid, it’s finished …. Nothing I can do beyond receiving it.
So now what? Say thank you and go live for the devil? Not So! If we have really been born of the Spirit; Our life and future being in His hands then why would we want to live on the dark side? Why would we want to serve Satan. We cannot not worship God and serve Satan at the same time. Maybe it sounds extreme, but our life really does show what we strive for , whom we are living for. If we love the Lord, we will want to wait on Him. We will be grieved by our disobedience. Often what we need to do is so hard and we are not without failures. I have had to go to the Lord many times, and confess my sins. To this day He isn’t finished working in my heart. I can think one day I am obeying the Lord and the next day He will show me an area I have not obeyed. So, I continue on in my relationship with our savior striving to be obedient to Him until one day He will take me home.