the consequences of obedience

On Wednesdays we usually have LIFE Group prayer at the T-Center. Today, in particular, I really didn't want to go after a busy day and a busy night-to-come, so I started building up excuses to not go. Funnily though, I was conscious of each and every excuse I was adding and I felt gradually worse as I realized that none of them were even remotely legitimate. Being tired, for example - I fixed that by taking a two-hour nap; having too much work - blown out of proportion, I didn't have enough work... etc..

So I gave in, as I was literally tugged towards this time of prayer. Boy, am I glad I went.
Being obedient to even little things like this bring me:

1) Humility. I learned so much just sitting there and praying and talking about how to pray, how to worship, and how to take my thoughts off myself.
2) Blessings. I walked out of prayer with so much more joy than I walked in with.
3) New tests and struggles. I really have gained so much, but it's been put to the test even in the hour after prayer-time... frustrations and annoyances pile up, but this time, I'm conscious of these things and so I can control them.

All in all, I feel so blessed by the little things like this in life that teach me so much.