When obedience looks inefficient

Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.

Colossians 3:15

When obedience looks inefficient. This is the kind of moment that can expose what has really been running underneath. Not everything involved in this situation belongs in your hands. Jesus Christ can meet you in the part you cannot control while leading you in the part you can. You are allowed to move without possessing every answer. The goal is not perfect foresight; it is a surrendered decision under Christ's lordship. Be faithful with the next concrete step. You can stop where your responsibility ends.

Where do you notice yourself moving on reflex? What would change if Jesus Christ, not reflex, directed the next step?

Jesus, I do not want familiarity to outrank obedience in this moment. Steady me in the moment between trigger and response, and lead me there. Amen.