Go!

"Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go...'  So Abram went, as the Lord had told him..."  Genesis 12:1-4

The biggest hindrance to our receiving the blessings of God is the lack of obedience to what He asks us to do.

God told Abram, when he was 75 years old, to leave his father's household and go to a new country. Abram didn't argue or ask how long it would take or where, exactly, was he going. He didn't say let me think it over or even let me pray about it. He KNEW God had spoken to him so he obeyed.

God stills speaks to us today. Maybe he is not asking us to move to a new country but he might be asking us to walk next door and invite the family to church. He might be asking us to buy some groceries for the single mom that works in the next cubicle. He might be asking us to volunteer in our church or community. He is definitely asking us to get out of our comfort zone so we have to live by faith and not our abilities.

But sometimes He does ask us to do something really radical, like move to a new city or a new country. One of the staff members at NewSpring, my church, heard the voice of God calling him to foreign missions so he, his wife, and their 3 year old son have left for training to serve as missionaries  overseas.

Whatever it may be, when we know God is speaking to us, we need to - we MUST - obey. It is only then that God really begins to pour out His blessing on us by revealing more and more of Himself to us through the power and fruit of the Holy Spirit.