Hey friend,
A new episode of the Dear Christian Girl Podcast is out, and my guest is Tolulope Mike-Bamiloye, a Christian actress, registered dietitian and nutritionist, and host of the Truth Talk with Ted YouTube show. She’s also a wife and mom of two handsome boys.
Tolu explained thee story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22. God gave Abraham a very specific instruction—and Abraham obeyed it.
But here’s the part that stood out to me: the provision was waiting for him at the place God had instructed him to go.
Tolu explained that Abraham had to get to that specific mountain. If he had decided to go somewhere else, he wouldn’t have encountered the provision God had prepared there.
It made me think about how easy it is to obey God generally while avoiding the specifics of what He is actually asking us to do.
Tolu said:
“You need to obey to the letter, obey the specifics. When God has given specific instructions, there is provision He has made available for that exact assignment.”
And then:
“Once you obey, other things will start unfolding. However, you still have a choice. God will not force you to obey.”
That last part is important.
Sometimes we’re waiting for God to show us the entire plan before we take the first step. We want to know where we’re going, how everything will work out, and what the provision will look like.
But what if the provision is waiting on the other side of the instruction?
What if we’re asking God to provide before we obey, when He’s asking us to obey so we can see what He has already prepared?
We go deeper into this in the episode, including what it has looked like for Tolu to follow God’s specific instructions in her own life—even when she didn’t fully understand where they were leading.
And if you’re in a season where you know God has told you to do something specific, but you’re hesitating because you can’t yet see how it will all work out, this episode is for you.
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Mo