This past Sunday morning I made a breakfast spread for my kids. But even doing a day to day yet meaningful thing (when I make bacon for the kids, it’s a big deal to them!) has me asking something you might relate to: “What does God want from me?” The answer is simple and oh so complicated… it’s obedience!
He wants to come into your situation and do what only He can do.
“God has a peace that makes no sense in the natural.” The Pastor said this past Sunday. The world doesn’t seem real peaceful right now. I wish I could do more to be a help most days. So how can peace start with us? Obedience. One day at a time!
Living that way has brought me so much peace, but if I’m being honest it’s also kept me up for hours at night struggling in conversation with God “I simply cannot do what You’re asking me to. I’m not strong enough! Maybe I don’t even want to do (that thing) You’re asking me to do.”
Obedience is hard when we go at it alone… it can cause us to lose friends and money, be gossiped about, and we might even have FOMO. But what is gained in obedience, a yield to the Holy Spirit, is God’s peace? I’ll take it!
Philippians 4:4-7 tells us to rejoice in the Lord, pray with thankfulness, and the return is this peace that guards our hearts and minds! Now that’s something I can’t get from a full buggy at Target, a limitless checking account, or a massive friend group trip to the beach!
So what keeps you and me from obedience and this supernatural peace?
“1 John 4:18- fear keeps us from (this peace)”.
Fear… the root of our worries that keep us from thankfulness and truly praying for
And what in the world does a breakfast spread on a Sunday morning have to do with any of this? I didn’t think I could be obedient in a current season of single Momming. I didn’t think I could be the one to take over big weekend breakfast like their Dad used to do…
The fear? Being alone... “I’m not enough.” and further “I’ve messed up too much/missed out/been selfish and what was lost can’t be remedied by perfectly fried turkey bacon.”
If what God is calling you to be obedient in seems so simple, be thankful… start there… keep praying… cut out the lies that you’re missing out on anything or that what’s lost is greater than what’s to come. Peace can reign over your fears, and that peace starts with you being obedient probably with what’s right in front of you!