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Sunday, February 8

"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands"

An evangelist
named Sadhu Chellappa
was on a mission trip to a village north of Madras,
when in the middle of the night
he suddenly sensed God speaking to him:
"Leave this house quickly and run away!"

Not exactly a convenient thing to do.
But Chellappa
was accustomed to accepting
even strange instructions from the Lord
without debate,
so he dressed quickly and
ran into the darkness.

After a while, he was in open country.
As he passed beneath a large tree,
he felt God tell him,
"Stay here and start to preach!"
Now, even for an experienced evangelist,
this was puzzling
because there was no one to be seen.

Why did God want him to preach
to an empty field in the middle of the night?

But he stopped under the tree
and began to preach the gospel.
Finally, he reached the point
at which he called on his unseen listeners
to give their lives to Jesus.
He was surprised to hear
a voice from the top of the tree
and see a man climb down, crying.
The man tearfully gave his life to Jesus.
When Chellappa asked why he was
in a tree out in the middle of nowhere,
the man admitted,
"I came out here to hang myself."

how often God calls us to be obedient
to that small voice inside
that can direct us to sometimes do strange things.
Jesus was obedient in ALL things.

God can do exceedingly great things
through you
who is willing to be obedient to His voice.

though His ways we do not fully understand
we know for sure our future is in his hands
its a supernatural knowledge
we have of the final result.
it is victory
victory in Christ.

He will make a way for me.
He will be my guide
He will hold me close.

-5:13:00 AM
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