When Obedience is Enough

This morning I got to have one of my favorite kind of mornings. Up early, no immediate agenda, alone, soft blanket, coffee, devotionals, Bible, and a weepy and heartfelt prayer time, runny nose and all. The challenge when I write is to be open and honest without giving too big a chunk of myself away on social media. I know there are many of you who are following Jesus today. I'm specifically thinking of the ones who are following a leading of the Holy Spirit to mend something that feels broken, lead an audience that looks asleep, trust for something that looks impossible, and/or move against something that isn't giving. In other words, it's sort of like those of us with dogs right now. We let them out. They come back in. The floor is full of muddy paw prints. We clean it up. And, an hour later we try something a little different like wiping their paws off not realizing they got in the garbage outside and are going to puke on the rug in a few minutes. We work and it feels like we're spinning our wheels to no avail! Where are the results? Where is the progress? Jesus, don't you even see me? We are SO this way, especially in this day and age. We expect instant results for our hard work and it better happen like yesterday. We can chastise ourselves for that to some extent. We kinda know better. But, what about when it's truly been a long, long time? What about if you've been praying about and working on that relationship with a loved one and it's STILL causing you pain? Or, you know God has put you to work on a certain project, whatever that might be, but you haven't seen any results, or what can feel worse, the results bombed. This morning, as I thought about a recent conversation with a friend, and some of the things I have been experiencing myself, I poured my heart out to God. In His quiet voice HE said to me, "Your acts of obedience to Me alone, are enough."  In that moment my whole perspective changed. I was able to tell God, and really mean it, "IT IS ENOUGH. To bring honor and glory to You, even in seeming silence and nothing to see, is enough." As I silently said those words, I also became aware of God's great love for me and I knew that He would take care of ALL the rest. So, please keep loving and doing what God has called you to, big or small. Do not give up. Consider your obedience for HIS honor and glory and let that be enough. Soon, you will reap a harvest. Until then, HE is enough. It is enough. You are enough. Take a moment and let God know that today. There is something about saying it to Him that makes it stick better. 

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 HANG IN THERE!

Dee M. Kostelyk