"Therefore....I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision." Acts 26:19
Some of us believers have been blessed with either a vision or a verbal inner directive or a prophetic utterance by a person giving us direction and vision for what was to come, and how we were to be a part of that. I have witnessed that latter example several times.
Here's the problem: We have all been taught the Biblical truth that God is sovereign and omnipotent. However, understanding those concepts from a merely human and mental standpoint, our inclination is to sit it out and wait for God to make it (and us) 'happen'.
Paul's understanding of that calling or vision requires obedience! Ouch!!
The will of man is the valve that God has given to each of us that determines whom and how much we will obey (cooperate with). God does not force us to do anything--He wants us to willfully love Him back, just as He has willfully loved us. Yes, that requires the enabling grace that comes from God. Yes, we must surrender to that grace.
The devil will use either apathy to entice us to do nothing, or the threat of pain to dislodge us from obeying God's will. Likewise, God will sometimes allow a challenge to arise to show us how much or how little it takes to knock us off course.
Father, please give us a fresh revelation of the greatness and power of Your love, and the willingness to love-you-back with that same love.
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