Daily Huddle - Thu Jul 2, 2020 Eleven Habits Of Obeyers (Day 7)

Love you all, praying for you, 
 
First, what is an obeyer?  One who hears and obeys the voice of God, who walks in His plans for their good!  Why would you want to be one?  Because all of God’s promises and all of His good, are for those who obey.  And most important of all - because that’s what Jesus did.  To be a follower of Christ – you have to live like He did.  He was the ultimate obeyer!  In fact, that’s all He did – as an example for us, so you can fulfill your purpose, like He fulfilled His.  So what are the Eleven Habits of Obeyers?   #1) They Write It Down – that’s how they remember what God told them  #2) They Obey with Time – it’s the essence of life.   #3) They Transform Their Mind – so they think like God thinks.  #4) They Give an Account – that’s how they learn to love God not money.   #5) They Overcome Daily – by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony  #6)  They Gather - with other obeyers - to provoke one another to obey even more! #7) They Ask Before They Decide – your PiVAT Decision Tool can help!  It is really life-changing.  Praying that you will review the PiVAT Decision Tool for any decision you are now facing.  Life is full of decisions.  Obeyers decide differently.  They make different decisions than they used to make, they make different decisions than what most people make.  And even the way they arrive at those decisions is different.  To walk in God’s plans for your good, your decisions need to reflect His plans.  Bad decisions cause great damage, and long-term repercussions.  Bad decisions always delay God's Good.  Good decisions propel you in the good that God has for you.  Good decisions position you for His blessing.  What to do, where to go?  It’s interesting, a bad decision is not just a decision to do wrong, or to do something that is outside of God’s will for you, His best for you.  It’s the absence of doing what God told you to do.  The bad decision was really not the issue.  If you obey, the bad decision is off the table – you’re too busy obeying to even consider it.  Bad decisions are not just the making of a bad decision, they are the absence of a good decision.  Jonah’s decision to go to Tarsus… bad decision.  What’s wrong with Tarsus?  Nothing really, unless you should be in Nineveh.  Had Jonah done what God told Him, He wouldn’t even be considering a wrong decision – He’d be on His way to Nineveh.  And bad decisions can get you down a very confusing road.  Ranch house or Two-Story?  God which one do you want for me?  (God’s not talking.)  You will get no answer about ranch vs two-story.  You’re in Tarsus.  Whatever you ‘think you heard' God say... that wasn't Him, that was you.  He told you to be in Nineveh.  Some people seek God on decisions they have no business considering.  Praying that if you are deciding between two options that God never told you to consider that you would first ask Him if you’re even in the right place – if this decision is even His will for you to consider this time?  Bad decisions are best avoided, by obeying God immediately in what you do know.  Even the simplist obedience - speak Life.  If you have made the wrong decision to grumble or complain, it’s because you have not made the right decision to praise, and give thanks, and declare and speak life.  Praise Him for His goodness and His promise, Thank him for all of the benefits that He has given you!  Declare that you are going to obey Him - not matter what is costs, no matter what anyone might say.  When you are occupied with obedience, bad decisions never come up for consideration.  Obeyers know that God’s Ways are different than ours, they get busy obeying right now – in what they know to do.  Then if a need to make a decision arises, they follow God’s pattern of discovering His will for them.  Praying that you will review the PiVAT Decision Tool, and that this pattern of discovering His will for you in this season and this decision - becomes a life-long habit.  That’s what obeyers do – they let Him decide. 
 
Love you all,
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