Obedience

I have been feeling that lately at church, I am at church, but not really there. I find my mind wandering about what we will do for dinner, or what the week holds ahead for us. Sometimes at church, I find an excuse to sit in he nursery. I have not felt like I have been fed lately. I am sure that the majority of this is my fault, since I am not putting trying to listen. But today was different. Today, our pastor talked about obedience. It was 1 of the best sermons I have heard him speak in a very long time. Maybe it was just because I was really listening, I don't know, but it was very good.

He was in 1 kings, and talking about the man of God who was told by God to go and tell the King something. And he wasn't to stay in the city and eat or anything. And he didn't stay, he was invited to go the the King's house, and was going to be offered a reward, but he obeyed God, and he went a different way home. But he got tired, and he rested under the oak, and another prophet out of the will of God came and invited him back to his house for dinner. And the man of God said, no, I won't go, but the prophet said that God told him to tell the man to come to his house. And the man turned around and went back and ate at the prophets house. And in the end, the man died, b/c he didn't obey God. He knew what he was supposed to do, and he didn't do it.

This sermon really spoke to me. My husband and I had a choice to make today. We were invited to go to a Casting Crowns concert tonight. I was at 1st really excited about this. I love the Casting Crowns. But it was on a Sunday night. We at 1st said we would go. But something kept nagging at me. I couldn't shake the thought that maybe we weren't doing the right thing by going tonight. And then I sat down for church, and the pastor whips out this sermon on obedience. I kept fighting with myself b/c I wanted so bad to go to this concert but I felt the Lord telling us to stay home and go to church instead. Well the pastor ended with these 3 verses in Dueteronomy....................

11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

I really felt like I had to choose to obey what he was telling me or knowingly disobey him. I chose to obey.