Obedience to a still small voice
I was listening to Craig Groeschel this morning talk about Elijah hearing God’s still small voice and being obedient even through his fears. It reminded me of the first time I heard God’s still small voice in my life. When I was full of fear. I look back now on that moment and I’m amazed at how simple God made it for me to come to Him. All I had to do in that moment was be obedient to His instruction for my life. I didn’t have to be a good person, be clean or be better than I was. I didn’t have to seek out all the answers or try harder to change who I was. All I had to do in that moment was be obedient.
And once I was obedient, He took care of providing me with ways to change, ways to learn what was good for my life and others, ways to belong, ways to accept others and to be accepted myself.
So now 7 years later I have to ask myself, am I still looking at my life as simply as I was back then. Am I still being totally obedient to God’s instruction for my life because I simply don’t know any better. Back then I wasn’t puffed up in my knowledge of God or the gospel because I had no knowledge, I only knew to obey Him if I wanted His help. I didn’t get lost in fancy prayers or verses that I could quote back to Him and say “But you said this and you said that…” I was literally like a child who only knew that I needed to obey if I wanted His assistance.
So, my hope this morning is that I don’t wander away from God’s will for my life because I think I know better or I know enough to get by. That somehow I can still be obedient to His still small voice.
