Blessings in Complete Obedience

1 Kings 2: 2-3:“I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, ³ and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go"

Reading today about how we often think we know better than the Creator about what rules and ideals to follow really made me reflect on us and our relationship with the Lord.  How hard our hearts truly are, and how proud we are of our own accomplishments as if they were our own. It is truly hard to be continuously humble in our normal every day lives, and yet the only way to truly experience God's blessings is through complete obedience to Him.

 I woke up today from what seemed to be a dreamlike daze,  so spiritually hungry to be filled and fed with the Lord's Word.  It made me realize how much harder I have to fight my old self to vigorously devote time studying his Word.
  
 Lord, I want be filled with you, Oh, the Spirit of Truth! Help me to keep fighting against the desires of this world and its many distractions. I want to serve You Jesus!! wholeheartedly in everything I do here on this earth, even when no one is watching. When I fail, may my weaknesses still be used for your Glory. Guide my words, actions, and thoughts, so that I am on my guard to take every opportunity given from You. Let me experience Your power as I obey You to the utmost.

2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV): "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

1 Corinthians 1: 27-30 (ESV): "But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,"

2 Corinthians 10: 3-5 (ESV): "For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,"