Total Obedience

Claire's Prayer

β€œπ‘­π’π’“ 𝒂𝒔 π’ƒπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’β€™π’” π’…π’Šπ’”π’π’ƒπ’†π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’”π’Šπ’π’π’†π’“π’”, 𝒔𝒐 π’ƒπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’β€™π’” π’π’ƒπ’†π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’†π’π’–π’”.” (Rom 5:19)

This scripture blows me away for two reasons – I thought about Adam and Eve, if they had not eaten that apple this world would be full of righteous people. No sinners at all! Wow! Think about that for a moment!

As I thought about Eve and her disobedience, I thought; β€œI’m sure that someone further down the line would have been disobedient and eaten of the fruit, if not Eve then her great-great-granddaughter!” And the LORD said to me; β€œπ˜΅π˜’π˜¬π˜¦ 𝘒 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘒𝘡 𝘺𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧!” Ouch! I am the first one to boast about breaking a rule. Especially if it doesn’t make sense to me. I would have broken that command. The Father told Adam that he would die if he ate the fruit in the middle of the garden but Satan, in all his manipulative power, told Eve that the fruit would make her wiser, smarter, more intelligent. That certainly sounds like a good thing! Surely God’s command wasn’t logical?

Well, it wasn’t to Eve and so she ate, as did Adam, and as a result we are all sinners. Were they smarter and wiser? Perhaps, they knew the difference between good and evil but from that very moment they began to die!

More mind blowing than this is the statement; β€œπ’ƒπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’β€™π’” π’π’ƒπ’†π’…π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† π’˜π’† π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’†π’π’–π’”!” Because of Jesus’ total obedience in the face of so much pain and heartbreak, we are made righteous!

The very thought that being totally obedient, absolutely surrendered, can change the face of history. Amazing!

Are there areas in your life where the LORD is calling you to step out in obedience? Even when it doesn’t seem logical. Step out! It could change the course of history. πŸ’•πŸ¦‹

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Hi - I'm Claire. I am married to the man of my dreams and have two of the most wonderful children anyone could ever hope to have. In fact my life is totally blessed. I fell in love with Jesus when I was very young and have been on an incredible journey with Him ever since. Some of it has been very tough and I find the very tough times were when I wasn't walking with Him or paying close attention to what He was saying! Now I find myself more in love with my Father than ever before - knowing that my journey is not even close to over! My prayer is that this blog will inspire you and perhaps even persuade you to look for the Lover of Your Soul and grow closer to Your Abba Father just like I did.

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