The Courage to Obey

That Feeling

Have you ever felt a desire to act, a deep knowing, an intuitive nudge that won't leave you alone no matter how much you try to suppress it?

Have you ever had to make a new decision or do something where your first human instinct was 'there is no way!' Or you immediately began to second guess and became afraid to take the next step even though deep down you know it is what you needed to do.

I'm talking about the type of feeling that you can sense did not originate from your own limited thinking, but came to you intuitively from your Source within.

It can feel like this:

• The urge to contact someone

• The feeling to move to a new location,

• The hard choice to sever ties

• The inspiration to create something new,

• The 'impractical' idea to discard what seems like a 'good' plan

• The choice to revisit an old idea...

There are infinite ways it can play out, but it will always be unique to you.

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The intuitive guidance or feeling you get deep down will be based on your own experiences, your desires and what is required of you in the fulfillment of your purpose in that season.

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Where Does Courage Fit In?

The scary thing about it though, is deciding to obey when you have no idea what it will truly lead to. What lies on the other side of deciding to be brave enough to be fully obedient and trust your inner guidance as directed by your true Source?

You may very well have no idea.

No clue. None whatsoever!

As a matter of fact, it may very well be something that will disrupt everything you already hold on to as security and comfort!

Now this is where courage comes into play.

This is where - with knees knocking, hands trembling, fingers crossed, objections in your ear, a thousand what it's - You just decide to be brave and just go for it!

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The results can be truly powerful and life-changing.

Deciding to Obey

Your decision to trust and obey the leading of divine guidance has the power to enrich your life experience far beyond you could originally conceive. It also has the potential to impact and deposit so much into the lives of others - those closest to you and even strangers you may not even know exist.

Divine will and purpose governs our lives whether we acknowledge it or not. The fulfillment of this purpose is uniquely manifested through each of us. It is done through beautiful and sometimes tumultuous chains of synchronicities. Most of which are completely beyond our human scope to truly explain.

The Scary Part

It is precisely because we are not fully able to wrap our minds around it all, why it takes courage at times to obey. We logically have multiple objections, concerns and fears that impede our obedience to divine guidance.

We don't have all the answers and we don't like to proceed unless we have all (or at least most of) the answers.

We want the outcome spelled out in black and white, bold font in clear and simple order, with bullet points and a clear outline of all the events that are to follow!!

We want to know, and we want to know now!

But...as we know it doesn't always work that way.

However, we have to live our lives with a measure of faith.

From Faith to Expansion

Your measure of faith and your decision to be courageous is going to determine just how far you will expand and elevate your life because with God all things are possible.

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If we truly believe that at our core, we are 100% loved by our Creator and we also reciprocate that love, THEN we have the assurance that all things will cumulatively work together for our good.

Therefore, when we receive the inner nudges, the soft but powerful suggestions, the intuitive feelings, the divine guidance, "the still, small voice", we can be assured that we are being propelled in the direction that calls us to greater.

We can trust that the next steps we are being guided to take, will slowly or swiftly lead us to continuous expansion.

What could a more expansive version of yourself look like?

• Expansion into greater service to humanity

• Expansion into deeper and wider impact

• Expansion into more wholesome use of your gifts

• Expansion into a more enriched lifestyle

• Expansion into purposeful alignment and meaningful fulfillment.

This is where OBEDIENCE can take you.

Will you have the courage to trust in God?

Will you have the courage to obey?

As always, thanks for reading and being a part of this community.

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Blessings,

Catique.