Obedience
b: the quality or state of being obedient
When it came, it felt hard: Obedience.
A quality I strive for in my relationship with Him.
A quality I fail to reflect in so many ways.
I assumed a reprimand loomed on the horizon, when the word came. A call to be more. More of what I really want to be… try to be.
Surrendered, I looked for the verse — the Word — that would complement my word for the year. I found it via a concordance.
Walking in obedience translates to love for Him.
And… O… how I long to love Him more.
The message my spirit received from His Spirit: You are my friend.
The Nativity is filled with those whose obedience helped make the way for Jesus to become the Word made flesh. But for me, Mary wins the place of honor as poster-child for obedience, one who loves God and is His friend.
Read Luke 1:26-38
Highly favored by God, Mary must have had a history of obedience, and so received an opportunity singular in nature and eternal in its impact:
Humbled by His Word,
Carol Weaver
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