Worn Out on the Way
KATHY—I sat at lunch with a friend who is a real trooper in the trenches. As I listened to her heart after God, the thought came to me, ‘The only thing that can stop her from getting to God’s intentions would be getting worn out on the way.’ I made a decree over her, “This year, you will be quick to discern the difference between obligation and obedience.” The enemy cunningly lays snares for a compassionate heart to distract them by the needs of others while they’re on the way to a God-mandate. If distraction can deplete our energy, hell can hinder the purpose and timing of God. We must be wise this year and budget our efforts as diligently as our pocket books.
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Obligation and Wisdom
KATHY—Obligation is the binding power of a promise, a vow, a contract or a law, but it is also the binding force of civility and kindness. That makes obligation a strategic weapon against Christians. I stood on the sidewalk waiting for Marty. I had leftover donuts in a box under my arm. A homeless woman was walking toward me. Kindness immediately bid me to give them to her, yet I felt a check in my spirit. I learned later that while it would have been a kindness, it would not have been wisdom. There was a ministry for the homeless in that very block that met their needs on a daily basis. There were signs setting the order of how and when such ministry was appropriate. The order was for protection of the homeless so they would not break city rules. I would have been encouraging that woman to get out of the set order, which would eventually disqualify her for the ministry that sustained her there. We must be wise the remainder of this year and budget our efforts as diligently as our pocket books.
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Jesus’ First Obligation
KATHY—Jesus exemplified that His first obligation was obedience to the will of the Father. Opinions, emotions, traditions and minions can quickly bind Christians with a sense of obligation that has nothing to do with obedience or the order God can bless. A vivid example of this in my mind is how often I’ve seen Christians feel obligated to tolerate all behaviors, without confrontation or rebuttal. I’m not sure how the mindset developed that being non-confrontational is being holy, but there are no rewards for it in the Bible. Jesus did not tolerate the attitudes or arguments of the Pharisees. He spoke very directly and at times did not even bother with diplomacy. If tolerance is an obligation that is not first based in timely obedience to God, it is more likely coming from guilt or self-righteousness. At that point, toleration falls into the category of good works and is an attempt to sanctify our own soul. Of course, neither tolerance nor any other good work can cleanse the soul if it is not obedience (1Peter 1:22). As Jesus demonstrated, a mature son lives his days discerning the Father’s heart and keeping obedience in priority to any other assumed or imposed obligation.
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Discerning-Obedience
KATHY—I sat at lunch with a friend who is a real trooper in the trenches. As I listened to her heart after God, the thought came to me, ‘The only thing that can stop her from getting to God’s intentions would be getting worn out on the way.’ I made a decree over her, “This year, you will be quick to discern the difference between obligation and obedience.” The enemy cunningly lays snares for a compassionate heart to distract them by the needs of others while they’re on the way to a God-mandate. If distraction can deplete our energy, hell can hinder the purpose and timing of God. We must be wise this year and budget our efforts as diligently as our pocket books.
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Which One?
Kathy — Sometimes the only failsafe between godly obedience and religious obligation is discernment. Heb.5:14, Amplified — “But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.”
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Already Obligated
No matter what national or worldwide catastrophe is making headlines, we are already obligated to the purposes of Almighty God in this earth. Really bad things that happen may make it a bit more difficult to get certain things accomplished and they may knock the wind out of us but they must not become insurmountable walls to us; they must only be obstacles which we overcome on our way to fulfillment of purpose.
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