Sometimes we don’t obey God because it’s inconvenient or because our flesh doesn’t like what He’s asking us to do. But I Samuel 15:22 says, To obey is better than sacrifice. When God asks us to do something, He’s trying to get a wonderful blessing to us. Yet sometimes we let the dumbest things stand between us and our obedience.
I’ll give you an example. When I came to Oral Roberts University as a student, I knew God had called me here, but I didn’t know there was a dress code. I came from a beach town in Florida where we wore sandals all the time. I mean, dressing up meant changing from old flip-flops to new ones.
I didn’t even own a dress, and I found out I was expected to wear one every day! As soon as I heard that news, I called my mother in Florida and said, “Mama, I’m coming home!” She said, “Why?” And I answered indignantly, “Because they say I have to wear a dress every day. I’m not using my hard-earned money to buy a dress!”
My mother, wise woman that she is, answered calmly, “Lindsay, do you mean to tell me that you’re going to let a piece of fabric come between you and the call of God on your life?” Well, when she put it that way, what could I say? She mailed me some skirts and told me, “You just stay there and let God talk to you.”
So I did. And it wasn’t long before I met and married Richard Roberts, which was God’s plan for me. Imagine how sad it would have been if I’d let dresses keep me from that plan. Don’t let anything stand between you and obeying God. Richard Roberts and I believes that obedience can bring God’s marvelous blessings into your life.