Obedience Test: C+

Heeeyyyy Everybody! My blog is officially 1 day old today lol. Awesome. I know I already said it but Im so excited that I decided to pursuit this! Like a little online diary. Anyway, as thrilled as I am that I started this, it became a bitter sweet victory for me today when I was trying to think about what to post on here! BUT as we all know when you do things according to the spirit, God doesn't take you anywhere that HE won't lead you. So all today the thought lingered in the back of my mind "what on earth am I gonna put on my new blog, I told everybody to follow it and I can't think of what to say!" I am certainly not gonna get on there and just chit chat about meaningless things, I want people to be blessed and moved by it.  Anywho, let me just tell you about my night and hopefully broaden your understanding of how important it is to obey the spirit and just how GREAT GOD is to the point where you are obeying and you don't even know you're obeying and how easy it is to disobey HIM as well.

My mom went to the store tonight to buy groceries. After running a few errands today, I decided I would just wait on her to come home and make dinner. I came in the house, got settled and being the very impatient individual that I am when I noticed she was taking a while to come back, I took matters into my own hands and went next door to Wal Mart to pick up something quick. I tried calling my mom to see where she was and she told me specifically not to go to Wal Mart..it's packed and she has everything we need. But, I still wanted to go for some reason (the spirit).  When I got there I had this "wandering" feeling as if I was on a "dummy mission". So I grabbed a couple of dumb things lol that I really didn't need (ice cream and peaches). The whole while I was walking around the store all I could think about was how blessed I was. My mom had already made groceries and I was able to go in the store and pick out whatever food items I wanted as well. I couldn't help but to think about those who didn't have the same privileges. I felt so blessed. God spoke to me and said, I give you an abundance so that you can share and bless someone else. I thought to myself, Lord this is Wal Mart, who am I gonna bless in here. Surely, you don't expect me to go up to some random person and say "can I bless you?" lol. So, as I thought I had reached the end of my "dummy mission" in Wal Mart, I proceeded to the check out line. Of course, the lines were long and people were everywhere, but somehow this random lady merged into my line and started to make small talk about how packed the place was. She mentioned what a great sale she had found on her groceries which looked like about $10.00 worth of food. $.50 worth of this. $1.00 worth of that. Yet, she was still looking for things to put back even with the great sale she had discovered. The spirit told me that she needed a blessing. She began to talk to me about how much she wanted to cook for her family but they don't really visit since they can't appreciate her living conditions right now. The spirit said now here is your opportunity to bless someone else! You didn't have to go looking for them, I sent them right to you. So I told her to give me the things that were in her basket that she wanted and put them in my basket. No charge. I just wanted to be a blessing to her. The first thing that came out of her mouth was "ohh, God bless you."  She insisted on giving me a gift out of her purse and I took it just to make her feel better.

BUT let me be honest. Even after God told me all these things. I wasn't completely trusting in HIM. I was still afraid to bless this lady because the devil started to speak even while I was trying my best to bless this lady with all I had. His words? "How do you know she doesn't come in the store and do this kind of thing all the time? Try to get people to pay for her groceries" *sigh* Even after I paid for what she wanted, I should have paid for ALL of it. I should have paid for the items she put back also, but the devil reared his head to make me feel like she was being dishonest with me in some way even tho I knew it wasn't my business to be concerned with rather she was being honest or not. It was my business to be concerned with lining my actions up with the word of God.

I say all of this to say to you, don't let the enemy trick you as he did me. He took the perfect opportunity that God had given me to bless someone wholeheartedly and tried to ruin it with his wicked devices. We must be aware of these things. Our flesh can say one thing but I challenge myself and you to listen to the spirit! I took this test and I share with you the answers so that on your test you will pass with flying colors. God Bless You. I Love You and Thank You for reading :)