Don't Get Bogged Down!

Something amazing occurred to me this week! Simple obedience leads to unimaginable glory! Look at the story of Matthew's calling. Jesus says "Follow me." So Matthew gets up from the tax booth and obeys. Nothing seems so amazing about that. It seems like the most commonplace event in the history of the universe! No glory, no pomp, no "WOW! Look at that guy! He's FOLLOWING!" That's near the very beginning of the New Testament. Now flip ahead to Revelation 21:14, near the end of the New Testament. The wall of the Heavenly City has 12 foundation stones... and Matthew's name is on one of them. What the heck?! How did we get from "Follow me," to Matthew's name being written on a foundational block of the insanely glorious, eternal city?!?! All He did was obey. That's what we must do! Now maybe we won't get our name written on Heaven like Matthew did but I know one thing... God doesn't love Matthew more than He loves you. And it wasn't because of Matthew that he got up and obeyed Jesus. Matthew, Paul, Peter, John, you, me, and everyone need the saving blood of Jesus to get us into heaven. So who knows where your obedience will lead. But I know it's somewhere glorious! So don't get bogged down by how mundane life seems sometimes! Glory starts in the everyday.