For this week’s Pot Luck post, I reached back into my 2013 archives to a post I wrote after an event at which I spoke. God sent me to speak, but boy did He ever have a lesson to teach me! It was a lesson in obedience and submission, which I apparently needed to hear. Here is an excerpt and link to the 2013 post.

In Scripture, God clearly promises blessing to those who obey Him. Do I believe that? You better bet I do, because I watched it happen this past week.

Allow me to give you some background. In the summer I was contacted by the event coordinator for a church in middle Georgia about speaking at their ladies night out event. After getting the go ahead from God to accept the invitation, I said yes and began praying about the topic. This is SOP (standard operating procedure) for me. I always tell event coordinators that God has the final say on my speaking topic. I’m happy to work with their theme and requests, as long as the Lord gives the holy thumbs up to it.

I had never spoken at this church, and desperately wanted to speak on the topic of legacy. It is my signature topic, but God had no interest in my wants this time. After a few weeks of asking Him what the topic would be, He made it plain that it would be obedience and submission. Honestly, if He had written it in the sky, His choice for the topic could not have been any clearer to me.

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