“To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.” Deuteronomy 10:14

“Go get it!” The voice was distinctive and inaudible, but I heard it nonetheless. It was the voice of my Savior and LORD. And it was 10:10pm. I had been conjuring up excuses to NOT drive to the church to get something at that late hour, but His unction sealed the decision. All I could do was smile as I got my keys and got into the car.

The incident started earlier that morning when, realizing both the church, and we, were low on Half-n-Half. I promised myself to remember to stop later to pick some up for Katie. The stores weren’t open at that hour so I figured on taking what we had to the Church with me. Now, at 10:10pm, I realized I’d forgotten. That meant, “go to the church and get it!”

We like Half-n-Half in our coffee. When I’d mentioned to Katie that I’d forgotten to buy some, she said that the dry creamer was good enough. A sweet thing to say, but at that point Jesus was not considering her to be part of the equation. He was talking to ME! And He was telling me ‘I’ needed to go to the church to get the Half-n-Half.

This is NOT a lesson to show how much I love and care about my wife. It’s about obedience to the Lord. It is not about how nice of a guy I am either. Because I honestly didn’t want to go! But I had heard His still small voice, and the strangeness of the command was proof that it was indeed Jesus who was making a point. So the point was both corrective AND a test!

The lesson of what is mine and what is not seems to have been pushed on me lately. Being kind of slow, I’m sure it isn’t over. Truth is, I don’t own anything. It all belongs to Jesus. If He wants something done, He has every right to ask me to do it. Tests are to be expected. This Holy Week before Easter, I expect to get several. What about YOU?