Obey all the way

Scripture: Exodus 10 "And Moses said, 'We will go with our young and old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for we must hold a feast to the Lord." Then Pharoah said to them..."Not so! Go now with your men, and serve the Lord."

Observation: Pharoah thought partial obedience would satifisfy this God, and he tried to remain in control.

Application: Partial obedience is not really obedience. Recently a friend of mine brought over 22 loaves of bread - for free. This was a huge answer to prayer, because our grocery budget this month is very tight. Then Lord laid it on my heart to give some of the bread away to another family that could clearly use it. I was happy to do so - until the Lord said "10 loaves." Are you serious Lord - 10? But I resolved to give 10, even though I didn't really see the need. Then when I got home, I began loading up the 10 loaves of bread, and I realized how empty our freezer was. It would only leave us with about 4 loaves left. I began to justify just giving them 5...but out of obedience I loaded up all 10 loaves. Not but two days later, the same friend came by with another 15 loaves! God didn't give me back my 10 - he gave 15!! Isn't He good! And what might have been the consequences to me and my family if I had obeyed just part of the way?

Prayer: Dearest Lord, Please help me to obey all the way every time you ask. And please make my spirit sensitive to Your direction and moldable to Your Word, that I would repent quickly of my justification, reasoning, and sheer disobedience.