Obedience Always Brings Blessing

   Many times during the hustle and craziness of the week, we forget to just take a minute and breathe. During the moments of sanity God can speak to us in a clear way, all we have to do is listen!! Psalm 46:10 says "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exhausted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 
   Recently God has been teaching me to be more obedient to Him.  The Lord's simplest request's often serve as stepping stones  to lives most wonderful blessings! A perfect example to obedience is found in Luke 5:1-11, when Simon Peter was fully obedient to God's command. One day a large crowd was around Jesus while He was preaching and He wanted to use Peter's boat as a platform to be able to preach to the multitude. Even though this was not a remarkable request, Peter's compliance paved the way for a life changing blessing. 
    This noisy crowd received the first blessing of Peter's obedience and they were all able to hear Jesus's words CLEARLY. At the conclusion of His lesson , the Lord said to Peter "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch" (Luke 5:4). This again was a second opportunity for Peter to either accept of decline God's request. Peter probably had second thoughts about casting his net, because Peter was a fisherman unlike Jesus would was a carpenter.After all Peter had worked all night to catch fish and returned empty handed. However, Peter's reply demonstrates the beginning of a lifetime of faith in God. Peter said " Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, bit I WILL do as you say and let down the nets." (Luke 5:5) . Jesus demonstrated His power and sovereignty as a result of Peter's obedience. Peter and his partners may have started off the day with great disbelief and thinking their efforts yielded nothing.    But they ended their day in complete amazement because they pulled two overflowing boatloads of fish! WOW! God is amazing. Saying yes to the Lord's request resulted in a miracle that transformed not only the fisherman's life but the lives of the entire group!
   Obeying God in even the smallest matters is an essential step in receiving God's greatest blessings. Often, God's greatest blessing come as a result of our own willingness to do something that appears so insignificant. Our obedience will always bless others.When we begin to live obedient lives, there will be a sense of contentment instead of conflict in our lives. When we obey God, we will NEVER be disappointed! God always knows what is best for us, no matter how much we try to convince Him that we know better.When God speaks to you and tells you to do something, you need to be obedient!
  I challenge you to begin listening to God and take a moment to sit in quiet and in that moment God just may reveal something so life changing to you. God desires to have a relationship with you, so draw close to Him and He will draw near to you. God has amazing plans for your life, so set a goal to obey the Lord and watch His mighty hand work in your life!

The Start of Something Magical

    In just a short time( 34 days to be exact!) I will be leaving Jonesboro and arriving in a very magical place, Orlando! It is still so hard for to begin to wrap my mind around what I am about to dive into. I want to share with you how this whole journey began and what's about to take place in my life.
   When I was moving into my dorm my very first day of college, one of the guys that was helping me move in told me that he took a semester off from school and did the Disney Internship. He actually drove one of the big buses around LOL! From that moment on I just knew that I had to take advantage of this amazing opportunity. After all this is a once in a lifetime chance!!
  During my third semester at The University of West Georgia, I just knew that God did not want me there anymore. It was a strange feeling to try and describe to people, but I was confident that God had a bigger plan that I ever could have dreamed of. I also should add that during my senior year of high school, I never had a settling feeling on what I wanted to do with my life career wise. I remember one Sunday during the invitation my heart began to beat really fast and my hands were all sweaty ( gross I know!) and I remember thinking " God I know I am saved. What's happening to me?'' And all of the sudden God revealed to me that He was calling me into the ministry. It is such a divine calling! Also, during different times in our lives God revealed to my mom and I that we are supposed to start a purity ministry, which is most definitely needed in our world today.
  I am beyond thankful and blessed that God is allowing me to partake in such an incredible experience! Even though Disney World is not a Christian-based environment, I pray that I may have an impact on WDW for the Kingdom of God. I also ask that you may pray for me as I am away in Orlando. I am still having a hard time dealing with not being able to see my family and my FBCJ family! However, God has blessed me with my family as well as my church family for the past 19 years and for that I am eternally grateful!

Proverbs 16:9
 " The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps."

Love always,
   Molly