Obedience to God is very important. Each Christian is asked to believe in God and to be obedient to God. Various commandments have been given that lets us know what is pleasing to God and what is not pleasing to God. Each Christian has the choice on whether to be obedient or not to be obedient. Each Christian has the choice; each Christian makes the choice. God observes everything. We are asked to have faith in God, to believe in God, to do work for God. Our primary purpose is to love and serve God. There are many ways that we can accomplish this. But what is important to consider two things. How we serve God is very, very important. Why we serve God is very important. For the spirit in which we serve God is very important. Our obedience to God is the best way to show, to display, to present our love for God. Our obedience to the commandments is the best way to present our reverence for God. Our obedience to the teachings of Jesus Christ, to the Beatitudes, to social justice is the best way to acknowledge the presence of God in our lives. How we serve and Why we serve will always be equally important. We are asked to do both of our own free will. We are asked to do both with lovingly. We are asked to be loyal servants. This is no simple request. It is a series of requests which increase the complexity and difficulty of being Christian, being adopted children of God. Obedience remains the choice that each man and woman is asked to make.
When we make the right choice, when we serve God in the right spirit an abundance of love surrounds us, nourishes us, nurtures us, protects us. Goodness, holiness, kindness wait for those who serve the Lord with true patience, true compassion, true mercy. The feelings in your heart, mind, and soul are always important to God. The feelings in your heart, mind, and soul need to be gentle, tender, flexible.
Obedience involves letting go, involves letting someone else be in charge, letting someone else run the show, control the outcome. Obedience is simply trusting God first. Obedience is putting God first. Obedience is doing everything within your control to do the right things out of love and respect for God. Obedience is doing everything in your life to bear good fruit for God, to encourage others to believe, to encourage others to serve God. Obedience encourages us all to make the correct choices, obedience encourages us to choose God, obedience encourages us to choose love unconditional and universal.
We have free will. We are asked to create lives of charity, humility, compassion, obedience, mercy, and love. We are asked again and again. We are asked today. We will be asked tomorrow.
Think obedience. Live obedience. Praise God. Give Thanks to God
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