There is a difference between doing the will of God and doing the right thing. When I heard this in my spirit I was confused. I had been doing the right things, but at the very bottom of my heart I knew I had not been doing the perfect will of God for my life. Was I sinning? No. Was I intentionally disobeying God? No. I just wasn't fully obeying God. Let me explain.
God had been asking me to pick back up my guitar. I love to play, but I had gotten busy with ministry and traveling; so I had to lay it down for a season. I always said, "If I had more time I'd play my guitar." Lord knows in this pandemic we have all had more time. Did I pick up my guitar? No. Not until last night. When I did God spoke to me and said, "You said, if you had time you'd play your guitar. I gave you time and you have not played for me." It wasn't a loud reprimand it was more like a gentle disappointment. Then, the phone rang.
The person on the other end of the phone ask me about writing a book. Mind you, God had been dealing with me about finishing a book, but in truth I had previously had no time. My husband and I were traveling a great deal. I was preaching a lot. I needed time to sit down and think. I have to be in a creative state to write. I continued to do this Blog so that I would continue to write and have my daily devotional time with God. Look, "Doers--Do." We don't just sit and do nothing. The problem is, when we are doing the right thing--we think it's the God thing. It is not. The God thing is doing what He asks you to do, when He asks you to do it; not when you feel like it, or get around to it.
ACTION STEP: What has God asked you to do, that you have not done? Oh, I know you been doing all the right things...But what about the "God Things?" Today, vow in your heart to do what God has been dealing with you to do. It is not that all the other things you are doing are wrong, they are not. But, God has a rhyme and a reason for what He wants done, and when. His timing is perfect. Trust Him and do the God thing, not just the right thing.
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