Daniel 3:30

“Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. ”

When it comes to success, there are no short cuts. We must do the work in order to reap the reward. In God, the work revolves around obedience. Your ability to obey God’s word will is your guarantee of success.

The word of God is our roadmap. It’s your playbook. We must jump into the word to find our way. We must meditate on the word. Sometimes the thing we must do to be blessed may not taste good to us, but it is always good for us. It is not easy to love and show love to the ones that have hurt us, betrayed us, and lied on us. But we must love them, bless them, and not curse them. This is the will of God.

In your obedience is your blessing.

Looking at the story of the 3 Hebrew boys, there are some things we know about God, that there should not be any need to consider an answer when it is brought into question. We know our God is a jealous God and will not allow us to worship another false god. For he is the only wise and true God. When the requirement of the King came to worship the false god he made of gold. The answer for them was easy. Obedience kicked in, and they obeyed God instead of man.

We must have the same attitude. Yes, your obedience may lead you to some hard consequences, but God is ever with us. In Daniel 3, obedience lead Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace. Your obedience may cause you to suffer loss, persecution, or ridicule. But just as God was in their situations, he is in yours too.

Your obedience will bring about your miracle.

You cannot get to the next level without obedience. Many are afraid to do the hard thing, or at least what we consider to be hard. No one ever said obedience is always easy. But is it ALWAYS right.

What has God spoken to you to do? What is he leading you to do? Instead of talking your self out of it because it does not make sense to you, just take a step of obedience and faith. Trust God and follow him to the end. Your blessing is on the other side of your obedience.