God Desires Our Obedience and Not Our Help

What if full obedience to God means we stop offering Him our help?

Mama, can I help you make the cookies?

Mimi, I want to help you!

When my kids were little, they wanted to help bake sweet treats and sometimes even clean (that changed after a few years).

Now, my grandchildren find pleasure in helping for various tasks. And we always have little helpers to take our dogs outside on leashes.

While there are times I’d prefer to do these things myself for the sake of time and so I control the end result, how the cookies look and taste or how the bed is made, I enjoy helpers.

But my heavenly Father never requests my help or desires my assistance. Still, I often pray with a Plan A and Plan B written on my heart and under my breath, hoping the Lord reads between the lines unless I’m bold enough to say it out loud.

Writing these words and admitting them seems a bit ridiculous on my part. Because who am I to give help to the great I AM?

God’s Helper

Yet, I know in my heart, I want to be the Father’s little helper. It’s seen in my actions, attempts at controlling my own life and circumstances and in my lack of full obedience to God’s Word.

I know this to be true, but I struggle with breaking the helping-and-controlling cycle.

Are you used to having control? Do you jump in to fix a situation in your life or a family member instead of patiently waiting on the Almighty God? 

Truth is, sometimes we strive to manipulate the outcome of our circumstances and perhaps the people in our lives. Even our Christian walk and full obedience to God may become things to control.

When we know the Lord is high and lifted up, sitting on a glorious throne and managing the details of our lives from heavenly places, trying to help only affects our greater good and best outcome.

Let’s look at what the Bible has to say about it.

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Obedience for Our Wellness

“But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’” Jeremiah 7:23 (ESV, emphasis added)

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