When You Can’t See the Outcome: The Blessing of Obedience
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Has God ever asked you to do something that scared you? Has He ever called you to something that didn’t make sense to you in the moment? If so, you’re not alone. Jesus understands. God asked Him to do the unthinkable: to go to the cross for you and for me—but the result of Christ’s obedience to the Father has resulted in amazing blessing for you and me. Lately I have been thinking about the blessings of obedience. Truth is, God’s blessings are found there. His blessings are not found outside His boundaries. The question is not whether or not we should obey, the question is how do we obey, even when we don’t see the outcome! If you’re struggling with grumbling or complaining as you obey, you’re missing a very important part of obedience. Listen in and find out more!
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| 0:27.2 | sent you. Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the podcast. You guys have |
| 0:34.1 | found me at my little corner of the internet. Today is Tuesday, February 15th. And today |
| 0:39.5 | we're going to talk a little bit about the blessing of obedience. Stick around. I think |
| 0:43.8 | you're going to be encouraged. |
| 0:45.3 | So lots of things on my mind this morning as I bring this podcast to you. And I had a |
| 1:02.7 | conversation, you know, this time last week, I think it was with a precious friend of mine |
| 1:08.6 | on the phone. And I was talking to her about a struggle that I've been having internally |
| 1:15.3 | with knowing when we are called to obey and when it's our, you know, it's just our |
| 1:23.7 | desire. It's like maybe it's something that I wanted. Maybe it's not really what the |
| 1:26.8 | Lord wanted. Maybe it's what I wanted. And I'm realizing that I'm not alone in that. |
| 1:32.3 | And so I'm going to talk a little bit today about the blessing of obedience and why I think |
| 1:35.8 | it's so important that we learn to hear the voice of the Lord and respond to it. It's |
| 1:43.4 | probably more important now than it's ever been, particularly in the world that we live |
| 1:47.4 | in. You guys know that I am the founder and executive director of Mom Strong International. |
| 1:52.7 | And we are studying God's Word right now. We are studying what it means really walking |
| 1:58.1 | through the book of Galatians and studying what it means to be unified. And I think as |
| 2:03.0 | believers, we want to to hear the voice of God who want to obey him. But oftentimes that |
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