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“…if you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.” Isaiah 1:19.

‘Seeking to hear God’s voice shows your willingness. Following through in faith and action displays obedience. The Bible says that if you do these things, God will bless you with good things.’ Seven Keys, p. 282

The passage to willingness and obedience is through fellowship with God. The passage to fellowship is through seeking Him first and growing in knowledge of who He is in our lives. God’s primary passion and priority is the Great Commission – bringing new people into the Family of Christ. The vessels in which He accomplishes this are His children who intimately know Him. This is why it is imperative to deepen our fellowship with God so we may be used to accomplish our part in the Great Commission. Our individual fellowship with God is His second priority which allows His first priority to be realized.

It is through our intimacy with God which allows Him to use us in bringing the lost and hurting into the fold. The saving of souls will always be at the base of God’s heart. ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’ Mark 2:17.

Just as Jesus used the disciples to minister to the lost He still wishes to use us as His disciples to minister to the needy, the hurting and the sinners. The Great Commission has not changed over the millenniums – just the faces of the people who served alongside of God. Through our fellowship with Christ, we become the hands and the feet of Jesus Christ as He accomplishes His work through our intimacy with Him.

When we are being used in accomplishing His work we will experience the best of Christ in our lives. We will be blessed through this willingness and obedience in ways we could never imagine!