Are ya listenin'? Are ya obedient? Huh?

Good morning all!  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!!
    OBEDIENCE!  What does this mean to you?  In the movie A Christmas Carol, Scrooge saw his funeral and then he made a radical change.  I know you   are in obedience----but to what?   Yourself,  money, material things, and the things that "matter" to YOU!??!!?
    God wants our obedience.  When you feel his call and you don't respond, what happens?  You continue life as always, BUT..............   There is always a but, which eliminates the previous statement.
   I didn't speak to a group because............... There may have been just 1 soul lost because I disobeyed.
   I didn't stop and speak to the man/woman............They may have needed my words, yet without them committed suicide.
   I didn't help.................. Then tragedy occurred to the person or persons I failed to assist.
   He/She needed an encouraging word and I...............   They went another direction.
And we could go on and on.
   Romans 6:17 "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you."
   To paraphrase we were slaves of sin, but now we are following Jesus with our heart, obeying his teaching, and we are free from our slavery to sin.  We now walk in righteousness, following God.
    Do we fall from grace?  NO!  Do we fall into sin?  YES!  So what are we to do?  Be Still-----know that "I AM", listen to God,  be obedient in following God. Then just watch and see what happens.
   Just as someone who does something daring, not in their normal nature---skydiving, cliff jumping, bungee jumping, or whatever.  The first step is hard-----but after the first step it is exciting and you want more of it.
   This is the way it is with God.  Take that first step, feel the rush of being a true child of God, and enjoy your salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Make a short list of 5 things:  1) how I worked for the kingdom of God, and
                                                   2) how I failed to work for the kingdom of God
OBEDIENCE -----LISTEN------REJOICE!    Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
   Johnny