What Are You Waiting For?

Psalm 119:60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.

Not sure about you, but here's one that challenges me. The immediate obedience in doing what I know I should do, as the Lord commands in His Word. The Bible is clear that God prefers obedience over sacrifice. However, we often try to find a substitute to obeying God. My favorite (sarcasm), and one I hear quite often, is, "Let me pray about it." Now, don't get me wrong. Praying is a good thing. As a matter of fact, as Christians, it's one of the things we ought to do faithfully, without ceasing. However, when God tells us, "Thou shalt not" or "Thou shalt" or we read, "This is the will of God"; then what is there to pray about? When a command is clear in Scripture, the only response we should have is immediate obedience. Many of us respond quickly to our boss' command to do something, yet hesitate, and make excuses, in order to get around God's commands. The level of intimacy we share with the Lord is severely hindered when we choose disobedience. Funny thing about us is that we immediately want to obey, in many instances, only after we have chosen our own way, and now experience a negative consequence as a result of trying to avoid God's direction. Oh, and lest we forget, or neglect to mention this one thing; failure to obey God's commands clearly says that we do not trust Him. If we say we have faith in God, and His ways, yet fail to obey His commands, we are fooling ourselves, and are clearly telling Him that we do not trust Him, or His Word. So, today, let us not put off what He commands us to do. If we have been avoiding something we know we should be doing, because He has already told us what we need to do, the only answer is, "Just do it." The reward for obedience is greater than any of us realize, both here, and when we get there and stand before Him. It's never too late to start obeying Him (as long as we are still here, alive and breathing).