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#99 A Story of Obedience, Part 2

Posted: Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
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About The Power of Obedience Series

Obedience is not just a reflexive performance of God’s will. It is richer than we know, and its power is known by too few. Would you be one of them?

Devotional

The pastor of this church was a man with the gift of great mercy. All his heart went out to this poor woman. Yet as he spoke to his congregation, he seemed to blame me for provoking her breakdown.

I was suffering greatly because of the incident. I desperately wanted to just pack my bags and go home. I was staying on by the sheer thread of what I knew was God’s will… God wasn’t releasing me.

The whole event seemed ruined. We had no heart to continue. The pastor had no sympathy for my anguish (only for the screaming woman) and was puzzled at what happened. It appeared to be the opposite of what we had all prayed would take place. When the pastor spoke to me in private, he questioned God’s choice of me for the conference. “I could have asked several very prominent speakers, Martha, but God gave me your name.” The tone of his unspoken words said: “And why did God send YOU?” In silence, I heartily agreed with him. Why had God sent me?

A Story of Obedience continues tomorrow…

Other Devotionals in The Power of Obedience Series

#91 Solve Greed by Wanting God More #90 The Reason for Obedience #89 Discard Your Old Unrenewed Self #88 A Lovely Awakening of YOU #87 Your Identity within Obedience #86 Radical Surrender, Spiritual Greatness #85 The Hidden Springs of the Will #84 The Hidden Element of Human Freedom #83 Total Surrender of My Will #82 Infused with the Power to Perform #81 What Is Spiritual Failure? #80 Reward for Obedience #79 To Diligently Hear the Voice of God #78 Focus on Jesus Enables Obedience #77 Blessings for Hearing God's Voice #76 What Is Our Original Purpose? #75 Only Sheep Hear the Shepherd #74 For They Know His Voice #73 Being a Sheep Following the Shepherd #72 My Sheep Listen to My Voice #71 The Obedient Life Within Us #70 Obedience to Rules and Traditions #69 Fellowship in Spirit with Obedience #68 Disobedience is Death #67 Blind Obedience to God #66 A Life Built of Matchsticks #65 The Result of Obedience #64 Your Allegiance to God #63 Choosing Between Self and God #62 Suffering and the Will of God #61 The Highest Consideration #60 Filled with the Knowledge of His Will #59 An Indwelling Gift of Obedience #58 Walking Into God's Heart #57 Obedience: Our Response and Need #56 Only Obedience Focuses You #55 You Obey What You Worship #54 Obedience is Health and Wholeness #53 We Must Be Doers of the Word #52 Breathtaking Adventure #51 The Inborn Dreams of Your Heart #50 The Other Side of Your Deadly Cross #49 The Splendid Circle of God's Will #48 Free of All Restraints in God's Will #47 Chosen for Your Generation #46 God is GOD #45 Inside the Perimeter of God's Will #44 God's Will is a Person #43 The Motive of God's Will #42 His Entire Satisfaction #41 Earnestly Seeking the Will of God #40 Treasure in the Will of God #39 He Woos Us to Obedience #38 Great Things Done by God Within Us #37 Only by Obedience Will We Know Jesus #36 Obedience Changes World History #35 The Story in Obedience #34 The Stage of an Ordinary Life #33 Obedience is a Drama #32 Obedience is an Adventure #31 Jesus' Obedience Secured It All #30 Dance with the Lover God #29 Follow the Lamb, Find the Cross #28 The Path We Walk with God #27 Obedience Is a Certain Path #26 Jesus Obeyed Because He Loved #25 To Do the Will of the Father #24 Obeying What He Saw #23 Beyond the Beginning of Obedience #22 What Obedience is Not #21 Obedience and the Narrow Gate #20 Obedience then Truth #19 By Obeying, I Follow Jesus #18 Free to Choose Obedience #17 Obedience is a Choice #16 Obedience is Not a Prison #15 The Things We Substitute for God #14 Abandoning Obedience #13 To Appear Obedient, Yet Not Be #12 Incentive of Obedience #11 Obedience is a Mystery #10 Obedience is Not about Right and Wrong #9 Valuable Lessons in Obedience #8 Education in Obedience #7 Under the Wings of the Most High #6 Obedience Is Heard, Not Assumed #5 The Only Place of Safety for Us #4 The Way to Bring the Kingdom #3 Power is Given to the Obedient #2 Am I an Obstacle or a Gateway? #1 True Power Lies in Obedience to God #135 The Will of God for YOU #134 Surrender Without Resistance #133 Receive All #132 What Delights God? #131 Surrender Brings Bliss #130 Peculiar Joy #129 Our Consuming God #128 Surrender Before Obedience #127 Before Obedience #126 Desire for His Agenda #125 An Obedient Abode #124 Beloved Companion #123 The Absence of Love #122 The Motivation to Obey #121 And I Will Love Them #120 Four Rewards #119 Simple Contract #118 A Surrender of Love #117 A Deeper Level of Obedience #116 Obedience is Alive #115 The Basic Human Need #114 Outlandish Love #113 No Part of You Exempt #112 Destined to Conquer #111 A Maimed Life #110 Begging for Love #109 Inexorably Bound #108 First Call of Obedience #107 Your Fullness #106 Nourishment #105 Jesus' Power of Obedience #104 Jesus' Own Delight #103 A Story of Obedience, Part 6 #102 A Story of Obedience, Part 5 #101 A Story of Obedience, Part 4 #100 A Story of Obedience, Part 3
#99 A Story of Obedience, Part 2 (Currently Viewing)
#98 A Story of Obedience, Part 1 #97 Solid Gold #96 God's Commands Are a Treasure #95 God Treasures Our Obedience