Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.
Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.
Whenever the conviction of God's Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is not instant there will come a metallic hardening and a corrupting of the guidance of God.
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the other hand, my ruling disposition is obedience to God, I perceive Him to be at work for my perfecting in everything that happens to me.