ACTS 12:9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
Sometimes the Lord will lead us to go somewhere or do something that we do not fully understand.
Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.[a]
Here we see Peter in just such a circumstance in fact Peter is not even sure if he is conscious, or if he is just seeing a vision.
Yet Peter is obedient, and quickly obedient. Hesitation is disobedience, it is a sign of disbelief. When we are confronted with an urging from the Lord and we doubt and hesitate, we are giving the enemy a "card" he can play on us at his whim. It will be on small insignificant things at first but when it matters and the decision has great effect on our lives we can become prone to hesitate. Because we have become comfortable with the hesitation our doubts can become unbelief. This is how people find themselves in the wilderness, not knowing how they got there. Doubt, missed opportunities for obedience, the voice of the HS becomes more and more faint and we miss the way.
APPLICATION
I need to be pro-active and ready myself to be willing to be quick to obey, so that it is not a debate or decision but more of a reflex and attitude or mindset of obedience, or lifestyle of obedience.
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One of the most effective ways to allow the Word of God to affect your life is to study it inductively. That is what this blog is all about. Typically one verse per day will be mined for insight and then followed up with how I plan to implement that insight practically. My prayer is that in some way you find this useful in your journey and that it may impact you positively. -G
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