“On The Other Side”

Years ago I heard a message where a man spoke about people waiting on the other side of my obedience. This thought goes along with what I have been writing the last couple of weeks. Stepping out of the boat, action required on my part to see God do the inconceivable, and now what my actual obedience means. The message I heard on the idea of the people waiting on the other side of my obedience has stuck with me for about 15 years! I think of this often and recently it seems to be magnified in my thoughts. If I am not obedient to God in this moment the people that would be affected by God in me may miss out. Don't get me wrong I do believe like with Esther and Mordecai if we drop the ball that God will raise up another so that no one misses what He has for them. But like Esther I believe we were born for such a time as this! Why would I want to pass the opportunity along for someone else to step up and fulfill the roll I was really called to? If God is leading me I want to obey so that the big picture God sees for my life and the impact that my life is to have will be completed!

I think of things like timing. My husband just began an educational program that has been years in the making. The timing has been perfect and I have wondered why that is? Then I realized that the open doors God has lined up for us were not ready until now - open doors for things in the future that I cannot see yet that He has prepared for us; divine appointments with others in the program that just happen to be there at the same time as he is. My thoughts can go on and on with this. God is a big picture God and our obedience in this moment will affect our next moment and the people that will be there.

His leading is not just about us in this moment. His leading is about us in every moment. What God has for me to do in this life is to have an impact here. There is great purpose in what God leads His people to do. Think of if Abraham had not gone up to the mountain to sacrifice Isaac as God instructed? Then God would not have revealed Himself as the God who provides. We know that God provides because of Abraham's obedience! Think of if Esther chose not to obey? There is so much strategy revealed in Esther's obedience! Think of the ramifications in our life if we do not obey? What does God want to reveal through our obedience? Who does God want to touch through our obedience? There are people waiting on the other side of my obedience to God!