It's kind of funny how when I think about others learning obedience it is mainly children I think about. How about me, as an adult? Do I obey when God tells me to do something? Or do I go sit on the couch and sit like a zombie in front of the tv until the conviction goes away? Goodness knows I've done that many, many times. It is so easy to just sit there with a bag of chips or a bowl of M&M's and go numb. I'll admit my weakness tends to be a combination of a cold day, a cup of coffee and an I Love Lucy episode. And watch out if there is an I Love Lucy marathon playing...there is a chance no one will see me that day. I have seen every single episode many times but I just can't resist. Guess the question to ask is "Why?" I know when I look back on my life I won't say "I wish I had watched more t.v....if I just could have watched that I Love Lucy episode 30 times instead of 29 my life would have had more joy in it". Ok, so what should I be doing with the precious time God has given me?
This is where the obedience comes in...the Lord has seriously convicted me about hiding His word in my heart...REALLY memorizing it. It happened a while back when I started thinking about all the song lyrics I knew, all the movie lines I had memorized and all the stuff in general that is burried in my brain so deep that I can't get rid of it....and then I thought about scripture I have memorized. Ouch. That was quite an ugly wake up call. So I have been memorizing the book of James. I have the first 3 chapters memorized and my goal is to have the whole book memorized by the end of January. I don't tell you this so you can say "wow, that is awesome"...I tell you this because of what the Lord impressed on my heart and the strong desire he has given me to make his word a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Once you start studying the word of God you start to crave it. That's my desire - to crave His word. To crave the things of God is so much better than any episode of I Love Lucy:-)
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