My first thought as I began to write today’s entry was, “What a privilege it is to serve you Jesus.” It was then that I realized serving means obeying. That word I have spent a life time resenting. Today, however, I am learning to love it and looking forward to living out God’s purpose for wanting us to obey Him.

A man who comes later in the day on Tuesday has wanted to increase his walk with Jesus. I talked with him yesterday about obedience. He said he’d grown up hating that word and only thinking about it when he just had to do so. Offering the opportunity to think of obedience as an opportunity rather than a bitterness was a WOW. He said he wanted to obey God but hadn’t ever thought of this as an opportunity. I told him I hadn’t either, but today was possibly his chance to see it differently as I’ve begun to do so.

It is easy to see someone else obeying God in their lives and seeing God’s goodness in this. Yet, for oneself, it seems to be so very difficult. Stepping away from selfishness to selflessness is such a difficult thing. For a moment it’s easy, but for a lifetime, it seems impossible. Truth is, it is impossible. That’s why God tells us His Name is I AM. Only today can I do this for God is with us today. Today I can obey and be selfless. When tomorrow becomes today, I will commit once again.