Your Obedience Becomes Someone Else’s Encouragement
We often imagine obedience as loud—
a bold leap,
a public declaration,
a clear moment of arrival.
Obedience is rarely that dramatic.
Obedience begins the moment you stop overriding what your heart has been telling you.
It’s a private decision.
Made when no one is watching.
A choice you’ve wrestled with, prayed through, reasoned around—
for days, months, sometimes years.
Fact: Obedience doesn’t stop with you.
When you move in obedience, you become free to walk in alignment.
You stop forcing the square into the circle.
The resistance lifts.
The internal load gets lighter—
you can feel it, and others can see it.
Obedience creates permission.
That is bold.
That is encouraging.
Your obedience shows others it’s okay to listen to themselves.
That faith doesn’t have to be loud.
That peace can be chosen without justification.
Three things obedience does:
1. It creates permission.
When you release what no longer aligns, you give yourself permission to let go of what no longer serves you—and reach for what does.
Without saying a word, you give others permission to do the same.
Your obedience becomes an invitation.
2. It builds trust—starting with yourself.
Every time you follow through on what you know is right, self-trust grows.
3. It encourages without explanation.
Encouragement doesn’t always come through words.
It comes through action—through example.
Through watching someone choose alignment—and keep going.
You won’t always understand the reach of your choices.
Obedience doesn’t always come with immediate gratification.
What feels ordinary to you
may be exactly what someone else needed—
the reassurance to keep going,
the permission to trust their own timing.