Obedience........to the Holy Spirits' Promptings......?

So often we as a society equate ONLY numbers with success.....
The more the 'money' or other assets of a person, -the more successful the person is,  -supposedly, especially in the South African 'keeping up with the Jones culture'...! 
The larger the conference, the more successful we deem it.
The larger a church, the more we believe that God is blessing.
And so on....

We are all called to be led by the Spirit, not by outcomes.
"If God called us to........(whatever the endevour might be.... ), -then the outcome is up to Him ....
........IF ..........we have done our part."

Someone once explained how he learned such a lesson in a similar way: 
He and a friend were led to host a Bible study group.
His friend was to speak. It was nine o'clock and they were the only two people there. His friend was discouraged and was ready to leave..... (for obvious reasons )
"No ! " said the friend..... 
"We have done what the Holy Spirit directed us to do......"
He then stood up and began to welcome people as though there were many in the room..... (No one was in the room -except the two of them....)  He introduced his friend and they began the Bible study / meeting....
A few minutes later, people began to straggle in.....
By the time the meeting was over, ten had shown up, and one man in particular was impacted by the meeting.

Being led by the Spirit often means we must not use the 'world's standard for success' as OUR measuring stick.  
You never know what an act of obedience will yield at the time.....
We must leave results to God.
Our role is to obey.
God's role is to bring results from our obedience.
You are NOT God.....don't try & do HIS' Job!  You CAN't.... you are Only... but Human......

Do you make decisions based on the potential outcome or by the direction of the Holy Spirit in your life?
Do you overly evaluate the pros and cons without consideration to what the Holy Spirit might be saying deep inside?
We are all prone to make decisions based on reasoning alone.
Ask God to give you a willingness
& ability to hear
& LISTEN .........
to the Holy Spirit
& to obey
His promptings.....

"We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." - Acts 5:32