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!