Changing Your Perspective on Obedience (part 2)

“…You have given me

the capacity to hear and obey…
I delight to do Your will, O my God.”

Psalm 40:6, 8 (Amp)

The more I walk in obedience,

the more I realize the richness of joy it brings.

Not fickle, temporary happiness, but deep down, rock-solid, pure, permeating joy.

Most of us know that obeying God is the right thing to do, but to equate it with joy can be quite a leap. We don’t want to be controlled. We don’t like being limited or restrained or told what to do. We fear looking like a fool or a...