The title is my favorite quote from Dr. Charles Stanley. I have one more message to share before I go on sabbatical…

I don’t share full articles on my blog, but I often include quotes from other articles or blogs that have had a significant impact on my life. Today, I came across a post that deeply resonated with me. I strongly believe the message it conveyed, especially when I reflect on my own experiences.

I have a deep impression that my great-great-grandmother, Priscilla, from Ireland, prayed for future generations, including me, even though we never met. I also pray for children who have yet to be born, particularly within my family line. If it wasn’t her, then I believe it was my “adopted” Godparents, Hank and Ruth, who have long resided in heaven. One of their consistent prayers was in alignment with God’s will, which is the only explanation I can offer for the journey I’ve been on.

We are a breath and a prayer away from sharing how God saved us and changed our lives. What will you do today?

Do It For The Ones You May Never Meet –Jessica Jecker Simply Jecker (Used with permission)

There are assignments you will complete that you will never see the fruit of with your natural eyes.

You will obey, you will labor, you will pray, you will give, you will stand, and you may never shake the hand of the one whose life was changed because of your willingness to lay down your life.

But, your yes echoes into eternity.

What you say yes to in a moment of surrender does not stay in that moment- it reverberates through generations, through bloodlines, through timelines you will never physically step into.

Heaven does not measure obedience by visibility; it measures it by eternal impact.

Some of the greatest acts of obedience will never be celebrated on earth.

There are callings that will not come with applause, assignments that will not come with affirmation, and obedience that will feel hidden, costly, and misunderstood.

But the word of God still says, “obedience is better than sacrifice.”(1 Samuel 15:22/Bible verse added)
Sacrifice may impress people, but obedience moves Heaven.

We have been trained to obey when it makes sense, but the Kingdom was never built on comprehension; it was built on surrender.

Scripture does not say obedience is equal to sacrifice; it says obedience is better than sacrifice.

Because sacrifice can be offered without the heart, but obedience demands your will.

You may not understand the “why.”

You may not see the “how.”

You may not receive the explanation you want.

But delayed obedience has delayed the harvest attached to it time and time again.

Some of you are asking God for clarity when He is asking you for compliance.

Some of you want direction when God wants surrender.

And today I hear the Holy Spirit saying, “Do it for the ones you may never meet.”

Pray the prayer you won’t get credit for.

Say yes to the assignment that brings no applause.

Build what you won’t get to inhabit.

Plow ground you won’t get to harvest.

Because there are souls attached to your obedience.

Your obedience is not just about you, it is about
generations.

It is about divine intersections you will never witness.

It is about the person who will encounter God because you stayed faithful when it would have been easier to quit.

It is about the child who will grow up in freedom because you broke the cycle.

It is about the sinner who will meet Jesus because you obeyed God in secret.

Some of you are standing at a crossroads where Heaven is waiting on your yes.

Not a loud yes.

Not a public yes.

But a costly, quiet, surrendered yes.

Do not despise obedience that feels small.

Do not delay obedience waiting for confirmation.

Do not negotiate with God when eternity is on the line.

There are souls attached to your obedience.

What you do today will echo into lives you may never meet, until you stand together in glory and realize your yes mattered more than you ever knew.

So obey.

Do it now.

Do it afraid.

Do it without understanding.

Because understanding can wait, obedience cannot.

-Jessica Jecker Simply Jecker