This morning I was reading Deuteronomy in preparation for teaching and I read the end of the book. I cried when I read the part detailing how Moses was not allowed to cross into the Promised Land.
Obedience comes with a price. There is nothing easy about it. As a dear friend used to say "If it was easy, anybody could do it!" Obedience usually calls us out of our comfort zone, it usually pushes us our of our safety zone, it sends us to the place we are not familiar with and then it leaves us to totally rely on God.
Sometimes it is not fun, it is not secure but it is real...and so is our God. That's why we can travel the road of obedience. Sometimes we fail in our walk and have to face the consequences but we believe our God, sometimes we lose faith in mankind or friends but we believe our God, sometimes we feel completely lost but we believe our God...that is what gets us through.
We have a choice, we can chose to believe God's promises and pursue righteousness and obedience or we can give up and choose our own way. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that today, I live a precious, protected, vibrant life as a result of choosing obedience. I could not see it at the time. When we are fragile, we don't see any good options, but when we turn it over to God and we depend on him to guide us one second at a time; one minute at a time; one hour at a time; He will strengthen us and honor that obedience.
I choose obedience because I want to see that Promised Land!
Then the Lord said to him [Moses], "This is the land I promised an oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacov when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it. Deuteronomy 34:4
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