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Obedience is a vital part of the seeking life. When God reveals His will to you, if you don’t act on it, THE BLESSING is not going to function for you like it should. Ken and I learned this back in 1967, when the Lord dealt with Ken to move our family to Tulsa, Okla., and enroll at Oral Roberts University. We had only been born again and filled with the Spirit a short while when God gave us those instructions, and they made no sense to us! After all, Ken was 30 years old at the time. We were broke. We had little children to take care of and a mountain of bills to pay. It didn’t look to us like Ken needed to go to school. It looked like he needed to work two jobs and try to make a living. Yet, he still kept getting this leading from the Lord in his spirit: 'Go to ORU.' For a while, he resisted it. He kept thinking, There’s no way. It’s ridiculous. We can’t move. We don’t have any money. How will we live? (Or, as Jesus put it, What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?) So, for a while we didn’t obey. As a result, our circumstances—which were already pretty bad—got even worse. Finally, deciding it would be better to starve in the will of God than starve outside of it, we piled our few belongings into a little U-Haul and headed to ORU. When we got there, Ken enrolled as a full-time student, just like God told him to do. From that moment on, amazing things began to happen. Ken’s school tuition was supernaturally paid. He was immediately hired as co-pilot of Brother Roberts’ airplane. He got to fly to all Brother Roberts’ meetings, work beside him and learn the ministry of healing and deliverance under him. In addition, we had the opportunity to attend seminars on faith by Brother Hagin that changed our whole lives. All those things were great. But we didn’t know they were going to happen when we left Arkansas. All we knew was that Ken was called to preach and God had told us to move to Tulsa. That’s the way it is with the seeking life. You can’t always figure things out. When God gives you a leading, it often seems like He’s asking you to do the impossible. But you’re supposed to step out by faith and go for it anyway. If you don’t, if you wait until you can see how everything is going to work, you’ll miss out on God’s plan. Today, Ken and I are so glad we didn’t wait until we could afford for him to go to ORU before we obeyed God. We would have been waiting forever! Why? Because as long as we were out of the will of God, we were getting deeper in debt instead of coming out. But when we obeyed the light God gave us and went to Tulsa, we saw miracles. We not only survived, Ken got the training he needed and a little more than year later he was in ministry and all our debts were paid. Can God do that same kind of thing for you? Certainly He can...and He will if you’re living the seeking life. So make a fresh commitment to do it. Make a quality decision to give God’s written Word first priority in your life every day. Believe and obey what He’s already said in black and white, then seek Him in prayer about His specific plan for you. Ask Him for wisdom. He will give it to you and show you what to do next. When He does, act on it. Take a step of faith. Go wherever He leads you, and do whatever He puts in your heart to do. Step into the lifestyle of THE BLESSED! V *******ADVERTISEMENT********* Gulf Coast Women’s Convention Panama City Beach, Florida Feb. 27–March 1 Boardwalk Beach Resort/Royal America Join guest speaker Terri Copeland Pearsons & host Pastor Scarlett Harrington as they immerse you in faith-reviving, mind-renewing and hope-restoring revelation from God’s Word! On Friday, join Pastors Terri and Scarlett for a refreshing time of food, fun and fellowship at the Gulf Coast Luncheon. Registration is required and seating is limited. For ticket information and to RSVP for these exciting events, please visit GoodnessofGodChurch.com or call 1-850-872-1188. ********************************* FEB '14 : BVOV : 31

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