For a while now I’ve been perplexed about how to make my worship time in the early mornings rich enough to sustain me throughout the day. Some days this is not a problem at all. Others, however, are tough. All of the steps one learns to keep Christ first in everything one does seem to vanish in some moments of a day. It is then the simple step of obedience needs to step in. Putting what one knows into action is called obedience. I had taken the step of listening to worship music while I have my devotions as the right thing to do each and every devotional time. What I’d found however is the beauty of it was being lost. It was turning into something I needed to do rather than a blessing.

This morning as I was journaling about obedience I asked Jesus to help me understand this dilemma. He simply asked me to take the word obedience out of the context of disciple and put it into the context of opportunity. Listening to worship music during my devotions was never intended to be a habit. It is an opportunity. My spirit will sometimes need a boost to focus and when that is the case the worship music will do this. Other times the simple act of journaling, reading the bible and knowing God’s presence is quite sufficient.

I’m going to start taking the term obedience and using it connected to opportunity from this point forward. Thank YOU JESUS!