Today's post was powerful for me-- it reminded me that partial obedience is the same as disobedience, because it is not fulfilling all the commands that God has given me, whether it be generally from the Bible or specifically in regards to personal convictions. My cop-out is telling myself that God will honor my effort and the intentions that I have -- which is true, when things do not go as planned and are out of our control, I believe God does honor my heart and is gracious to me -- but this is not an excuse for not carrying to completion what He has started in my life. If I do not run the race, and I do not finish well, it will be as if I had never started.
Obedience and devotion to Christ needs to be carried out intentionally, with effort, because it has to mean something when we submit to Him. It reminds me of the theme of a previous Passion, in which we learned about costly worship -- that David insisted on paying for his place of worship, because otherwise he would not be offering up his time and resources. (2 Samuel 24:24) In a similar way, as we fully and carefully obey Christ, we give up our own desires so that we become more and more like Jesus.
Father, please continue to prepare my heart to be humble and submissive before You. There is no task too small for me to serve in, and there is no task too big for nothing is impossible with You. Help me to listen to your voice and obey in every moment as I am in OTR, so that I may reap the rewards of seeing Your kingdom come to fruition.
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