"In a spiritual sense, obedience is doing God's will." The Guide to the Scriptures
I have been doing a lot of thinking about this lately. Without being E.X.A.C.T.L.Y obedient we can not follow the example of Jesus Christ.
Recently my studies of Christ have lead me to LOVE the scripture found in Matthew 9:9
"And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him."
What are we doing to follow him?
Exact obedience. That is what this passage teaches us. Matthew could have sat there and said "hmm... give me 5 more minutes and I will be right there" or even "maybe later". He could have even answered with "no" but he did not.
He arose.
He followed Christ.
These past few weeks here on the mission I have had a growing opportunity. Many times I have felt like Matthew. Just sitting and waiting to be directed as to where to go. Last week I was blessed with the chance to be reassigned to a new area in Mesa serving with a new companion, Sister Weedman.
The both of us were brand new to this area. In mission language we call this "white washing". It was my 6th time white washing an area so I was ready to start working hard! Being new is an amazing chance to pause and let the Lord direct you with each step.
We received a call telling us that the new area we were assigned to was going to be changed. Rather than working with the people we had already met we were to move immediately to another part of Mesa and take over 2 different areas. At first I thought it was a joke... but no. The Lord needed us only for 6 days in that one place and now we are starting from scratch once again.
Thinking of this experience I realize how vital it is to trust the Lord and be obedient. We could have questioned and fought as to why we were being moved, but we did not. We could have gone with sadness or even a bitter taste in our mouths, but we went with knowledge that the Lord puts us precisely
Christ invites us time and time again to FOLLOW him in all we do. He invited his disciples, those in Jerusalem, those living in the ancient inhabitants of America even. He continues to invite us. I know as we strive to follow him in all we do we can find true joy and peace in this life and the life to come!
The both of us were brand new to this area. In mission language we call this "white washing". It was my 6th time white washing an area so I was ready to start working hard! Being new is an amazing chance to pause and let the Lord direct you with each step.
"Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to they prayers."I know I saw the importance of this as we began to work. Yet sometimes the Lord throws us a curve ball that is unexpected...
We received a call telling us that the new area we were assigned to was going to be changed. Rather than working with the people we had already met we were to move immediately to another part of Mesa and take over 2 different areas. At first I thought it was a joke... but no. The Lord needed us only for 6 days in that one place and now we are starting from scratch once again.
Thinking of this experience I realize how vital it is to trust the Lord and be obedient. We could have questioned and fought as to why we were being moved, but we did not. We could have gone with sadness or even a bitter taste in our mouths, but we went with knowledge that the Lord puts us precisely
Christ invites us time and time again to FOLLOW him in all we do. He invited his disciples, those in Jerusalem, those living in the ancient inhabitants of America even. He continues to invite us. I know as we strive to follow him in all we do we can find true joy and peace in this life and the life to come!
Here is a wonderful bible video depicting another example of those who straight way went and followed Christ!!
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