If your Father asked you to clean your room and you ignored him or refused do you believe that he would then want to give you the tickets to the big game he had been keeping in reserve for reward?  If he warned you not to hang around with certain people, be in at a certain hour or cautioned you against the use of drugs or alcohol and you continued to violate his wishes, do you truly believe he would allow you to go on that trip for which you needed his permission?  If you showed little interest in doing simple things he asked of you and spent even less time trying to build a relationship with your Father do you actually consider that he would be enthusiastic about sharing his wisdom, knowledge and treasures with you?  Seriously, if your earthly Father would keep distant from you what then do you believe would be the reaction of a Holy Father in Heaven?

The Lord has not asked us to do the work He prepared for us, He has commanded us.  He has also told us that He disciplines those whom He loves.  What then can we be thinking when we expect God to come closer in relationship, tell us His will for our entire future or share greater blessings with us?

The Lord has shared some greater vision with His Daughters and Sons who have been obedient to His Word.  He stretches us and if we show Him our mustard seed of faith, being obedient even in the smallest things, He comes closer to us and opens up our eyes to the mysteries confounding humanity.  We must learn to demonstrate our belief in His promises, our love for Him, reverence and willingness to abide by His direction before He will give us greater tasks.  Most of the immature Christians I know are the first to ask God to show them His will for their lives, yet they are unwilling to repent, pray, study, attend church, tithe or disciple.  How ludicrous to believe that our Father in Heaven would be such a push over.  I have news for those unwilling to keep His commands, He is not a pushover like many human Fathers.  Do what He commanded because He commanded it and because you are so grateful that He cared enough to pull you out of your miserable circumstances, when you cried out to Him for assistance.  Yes I will be patient with you in your growing relationship with God, but please do not take Him for a fool, the ramifications of such behavior are eternal.

Please write His Word upon your heart.  Be obedient in the small things and I promise that He will come closer to you as you seek Him.  The Bible says “without faith it is impossible to please God.”  How then do we expect to please Him if we will not even show the faith in the fact that He is the Sovereign Creator of the Universe.  Hold tight to your mustard seed, read His inerrant Word and do what it says to do, then and only then should you cry out to Him to show you His Will for your life.  In this great big world it is the small things that matter.  Praise Almighty God in all His Glory.  In the eternal name of Jesus.