Mindy Johnson

What is obedience if we can't do it with a grateful heart?
Does it then become an annoying chore?
Does it then become this dark cloud in our heart?

If the Lord asks you to do something and you really don't want to do it, but do it anyways...shouldn't that just be enough?

I wish I could say so, b/c my Jesus has asked me to do something I really don't like. Worse than washing a sink full of dirty dishes. To me, it's worse than cleaning up puppy poop or kid puke.
If I do it grudgingly, am I really being obedient?

I have been asked to do something for someone that I quite frankly don't even like.

So as I am struggling with this, here is where the Lord has been redirecting my heart.

I read last night in Hebrews a verse that spoke to me 3:10
"Their hearts are always going astray and they have not known my ways."

So I thought about it and made a decision that I really need to try more to give it to God- but I just haven't been able to fully

To know His Way is to be in sync with His Heart. That's what I need to aim for.
And Oh, Lord, I'm trying...but I am just not trying hard enough. It's just so hard to be at peace when I know I will have to guard how I receive their words and how I respond to them.
That is not my strength!

And just now I read another one Hebrews 6:10
"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them."

I am helping God, I am helping God, I am helping God b/c I am helping his people....

I will have to hold this verse close to my heart and repeat it over and over again.
That it's a higher calling-even if it doesn't seem to make a hill of beans difference in the spiritual realm- I am glorifying God because I am doing what He has asked me to do and considering it my higher calling.
If my King has given me an order, I should be proud and honored to serve Him.