{"id":227891,"date":"2023-10-10T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/?p=227891"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:23:41","slug":"the-fruit-of-trust-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/the-fruit-of-trust-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fruit of Trust: Obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to think obedience is God\u2019s love language. Yes, we can love God with our words as we lavish praise upon Him, but I believe it is the yielding of our lives that bring Him the most honor.<\/span><\/p>\n

I grew up in church as a pastor\u2019s kid, and have always had a love for the Lord. From my earliest memories, I was memorizing scriptures and learning different bible stories, and I\u2019m grateful to say that I loved growing up this way. I had a clear grasp on what was right and what was wrong, according to the Bible, throughout my teenage years. By no means did I live perfectly, but I had no problem saying \u201cno\u201d to things that wouldn\u2019t build up my faith. Somewhere along the way, this desire to please God and do what was right became a long list of things I don\u2019t do; \u201cI don\u2019t drink\u201d, \u201cI don\u2019t curse\u201d, or \u201cI don\u2019t party\u201d. I remember God taking me on this beautiful journey of realizing it wasn\u2019t about just acting the \u201cright\u201d way, it was about the posture of my heart. To live for God and obey His commands is more about surrender than it is striving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Obedience must be birthed out of love, not religious obligation. <\/span>John 14:15 says<\/span> \u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments.\u201d There were many things I said \u201cno\u201d to growing up out of a RULES motivated religion, not an obedience born out of sincere relationship. The Lord is now teaching me how to live for him, give up worthless ways, and surrender everything to him simply out of my love for Him. When you truly love someone, you desire to do what pleases them. I\u2019ve found the more that I fall in love with Jesus, the more I realize His ways are truly better than my own and I long to live in a way that makes Him smile. I don\u2019t obey the Lord because He is some dictator that forces me to. I obey Him because I love Him so much and want to do His will.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Obedience is the fruit of trust. When we say \u201cGod I will do whatever you ask of me,\u201d we are also saying \u201cI trust that you know what is best for me.\u201d God has been teaching me the importance of immediate obedience. When he speaks to me or impresses something on my heart, I want my first response to be \u201cYes Lord!\u201d Because I trust you, I don\u2019t even need to contemplate or over-think what you\u2019re telling me. It\u2019s simple. I love you enough to obey you AND I trust you enough to follow your instructions. Cultivating both love and trust are required for immediate obedience. 1 John 5:3 says. \u201cFor this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.\u201d I love the fact that God is not calling us to a life that is impossible to live. Because we have the power of the Holy Spirit and the grace of Jesus, we are able to live in a way that honors Him. Falling in love with Jesus and serving Him is the most free and fulfilling journey. Although we do walk through suffering in this life, living obedient to the will and ways of God keeps us from the struggle and suffering that is caused by a life of sin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes obedience is saying no to things that God will ask us to lay down. And other times, obedience is saying yes to things that he\u2019s calling us into. What is important is that our answer is motivated by love. I wouldn\u2019t want to live any other way than living in full surrender to the fullness of God\u2019s plan. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Hudson grew up in the church as a Pastor\u2019s kid always knowing she wanted to be in ministry. It was also at her parent’s church where she started honing in on her worship-leading skills, learning to play multiple instruments and write songs. As a songwriter, any time she gets the opportunity to write is, as she explains, \u201ca humbling experience to try and pen God\u2019s wonder. It\u2019s a weight and a responsibility to put confessions in other people\u2019s mouths to say to God.\u201d Tiffany Hudson never dreamed of having a solo artist career, but it was when she felt an invitation from the Lord in early 2022 that she even considered releasing her own songs. \u201cAfter a season of what felt like a creative drought, I began to sit down at my piano and felt the Lord begin to download songs and themes,\u201d she shares about the process of making her first solo project. \u201cThis began a personal journey of sitting with Him, writing, co-writing, and desiring to present the things He placed in my heart. It\u2019s always a humbling experience to try and pen God\u2019s wonder. It\u2019s a weight and a responsibility to put confessions in other people\u2019s mouths to say to God. \u201d \u00a0Hudson is an award-winning songwriter (\u201cGraves Into Gardens,\u201d \u201cWait On You,\u201d \u201cNever Lost,\u201d among others), a member of the GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning group Elevation Worship, and a worship leader at Elevation Church. She has also been honored to be part of the numerous accolades Elevation Worship has received: RIAA Gold\u00ae certification, a GRAMMY Award\u00ae, two Billboard Music Awards\u00ae, and two GMA Dove Awards\u00ae. Tiffany\u2019s solo debut album, Hidden Here<\/strong><\/a>, is available everywhere now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like to think obedience is God\u2019s love language. Yes, we can love God with our words as we lavish praise upon Him, but I believe it is the yielding of our lives that bring Him the most honor. I grew up in church as a pastor\u2019s kid, and have always had a love for\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":227892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,400,437,463],"tags":[],"coauthors":[364],"class_list":["post-227891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-advice","category-lo-library","category-purpose-calling","category-trust"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227895,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227891\/revisions\/227895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227891"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liveoriginal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=227891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}