We want God to work in our lives. We want Him to do great miraculous things so that we will know that He is alive and working. Most of the time, we want this without the cost of faith and trust. Yet, I have discovered that God rarely shows up for our benefit or even for His own glory until we first move forward in obedience to His call in our lives. Amazing!
It's crazy that our said passion for God is not in direct proportion with our obedience to God. We say we love God and want to see Him do great things, but then we simply do not respond in obedience to His Word. We will never see God do great things in our lives and churches until we first move in obedience to Him.
Abraham is the best example of this when God told him to sacrifice Issac in Genesis 22. Abraham obeyed God and then trusted Him for the outcome. So often, we want the desired outcome without the difficult obedience. Not gonna happen. Obedience almost always precedes miracle!
About Me
- Shane S.
- Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
- I am a pastor at Crossroads Church in Morgantown, WV. We are a new church plant that is seeking to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the Morgantown area. I have the greatest wife and three little girls. They are the four coolest ladies in the world. I am originally from East TN, but WV is home all the way. Morgantown, WV is the place to be.