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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

#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 #94 Far-reaching Consequences #93 God is Involved #92 God Responds to Us #91 Wanting God More #90 The Reason for Obedience #89 Discard Your Old Self #88 A Lovely Awakening #87 Your Identity within Obedience #86 Radical Surrender #85 Hidden Springs #84 Human Freedom #83 Surrender of the Will #82 Power to Perform #81 Spiritual Failure #80 Reward for Obedience #79 Diligently #78 Focus #77 Blessings for Hearing #76 Original Purpose #75 Sheep Hear #74 His Voice #73 Being a Sheep #72 Following, Not Doing #71 The Obedient Life Within #70 Rules and Traditions #69 Fellowship in Spirit #68 Disobedience is Death #67 To See All Things #66 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 Knowledge of His Will #59 An Indwelling Gift #58 Into God's Heart #57 Obedience: Our Response and Need #56 Obedience Focuses You #55 You Obey What You Worship #54 Obedience is Health #53 Doers of the Word #52 Breathtaking Adventure #51 Inborn Dreams #50 Deadly Cross #49 Delighted Secret #48 Free of All Restraints #47 For Your Generation #46 God is GOD #45 His Generous Boundary #44 His Will is a Person #43 The Motive of God's Will #42 His Entire Satisfaction #41 Earnestly Sought #40 Treasure in the Will of God #39 He Woos Us to Obedience #38 Great Things #37 Only by Obedience #36 Obedience Changes World History #35 The Story in Obedience #34 Live Out Obedience #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 #28 Obedience is a Path #27 A Certain Path #26 Jesus Obeyed Because He Loved #25 Will of the Father #24 Obeying What He Saw #23 Obedience is Christ #22 What Obedience is Not #21 Obedience is the Gate #20 Obedience then Truth #19 By Obeying, I Follow #18 Free to Choose Obedience #17 Obedience is a Choice #16 Free to Obey or Not #15 A Substitute for God #14 Abandoning Obedience #13 To Appear Obedient #12 Incentive of Obedience #11 Obedience is a Mystery #10 Obedience is a Relationship #9 Lessons in Obedience #8 Education in Obedience #7 Under God #6 Personal Obedience #5 Place of Safety #4 Bring the Kingdom #3 Obedience is Power #2 Obstacle or Gateway? #1 True Power