The Blessing Is on the Other Side of Obedience | Why Doing What You Said You'd Do Changes Everything

What if the breakthrough you've been praying for is waiting on the other side of your obedience?

In this powerful episode of Unplugged with Pam | Breakfast Club Edition, Pamela Pacheco explores one of the most important principles for success in life, leadership, faith, business, and personal growth:

Doing what you said you were going to do.

In a world filled with distractions, excuses, fear, and uncertainty, many people delay the very actions that could change their lives. They wait for confidence before taking action. They wait for certainty before moving forward. They wait for the perfect moment that never comes.

But what if the blessing isn't in the outcome?

What if the blessing is in the obedience?

Drawing from personal experiences, entrepreneurship, faith, and the recent success of the Mental Health Matters Symposium, Pamela shares why some of life's greatest breakthroughs happen when we remain committed to the assignment long before we see the results.

In This Episode:

✨ Why obedience often comes before understanding

✨ The connection between self-trust and follow-through

✨ How fear disguises itself as procrastination

✨ Why delayed obedience can delay your breakthrough

✨ The role faith plays when outcomes are uncertain

✨ Why confidence is built by keeping promises to yourself

✨ Lessons learned from building Mental Health Matters

✨ How to stay committed when the results haven't shown up yet

This conversation will challenge you to stop waiting for another sign and start moving on the instructions you've already been given.

Whether you're building a business, pursuing a dream, improving your health, strengthening your faith, or stepping into a new season of life, this episode is a reminder that your next level may be connected to your next act of obedience.

Key Takeaway:

The blessing isn't always at the finish line. Sometimes the blessing is who you become while walking in obedience.

The breakthrough.
 The opportunity.
 The growth.
 The healing.

It may all be waiting on the other side of your next step.

If this episode encouraged you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that consistency, faith, and obedience still matter.

🎙 Hosted by Pamela Pacheco (Pam The Plug™)

Speaker | Brand Strategist | Entrepreneur | Community Builder

Helping entrepreneurs, leaders, and purpose-driven professionals build impactful brands, meaningful businesses, and lasting legacies.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:15

Welcome, welcome, beautiful people. Welcome back to another episode of Unplugged with Pam Breakfast Club Edition brought to you by Chosen Global. Where we don't just talk about growth, we walk in it each and every single day. Kudos to each and every single one of you guys that decided to start your morning off with some fire this morning, with some positivity. Welcome back for those that are regularly here with us on our live episodes, whether you are joining us for the first time or you are tuning in to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, you know what you name it. Uh, thank you for tuning in on across all uh streaming platforms to tune into our Breakfast Club edition each and every single morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Kylie state your name. Let me know where you are tuning in from. I always read the comments. So thank you guys so much for tuning in from all over the place. Thank you, thank you. So if you were on here with us last week, we're talking about mental health matters and leadership. And if you have not, make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel. Make sure you go ahead and tune in and not only listen to this episode but past episodes. And last week we're talking about mental health as we wrapped up mental health matters month. And this month we are in men's mental health. So shout out to each and every single one of you guys that are not only prioritizing it, but making sure you're doing what you're doing each and every single day. And we live in a world, right, that it not only celebrates outcomes, and I know that it celebrates results, it's big on the whole culture and all of these things. And I always say God never lets hard work go unnoticed. And everybody that has asked me, like, what happened last weekend, how was last weekend, I respond the same exact thing. It was a move from God, and I believe that God truly celebrates obedience. And if you're taking notes, because note takers are history makers, what we're talking about today is the blessing is on the other side of obedience. And yes, I am referring to the event that just took place last weekend. But really and truly, when we think about obedience, unlocks blessings, I'm talking about each and every single aspect of our lives. Most people, right, they want the promise, but few want the process, few want the preparation. Most people we want the harvest. Yes, we serve an abundant God. Overflow, that is part of our inheritance, but we hear it all the time: faith without works is dead. Few people want to be the ones that are planting the seeds, right? They just want the harvest overnight. And the truth of the matter is that many of the prayers sometimes that we're asking God to answer, they're not connected to the things that we necessarily want that are outside of us, they're connected to the things that are going on inside of us because God has already given us the capabilities and the abilities, right, to bring them to fruition. And a lot of those times, they're connected more than anything to the instructions that he already put on the inside of us. And when we talk about God, when he gives you a dream, when he gives you a vision, he orders your steps. It doesn't mean that he's going to give you the entire map. And I'll tell you, I know obedience does not always make sense. Know about the ark before the rain, Abraham left home before he knew the destination. I could tell you on and on and on from biblical to historical stories, legendary stories, mostly stretched out the staff, right? Before the sea parted, the miracle does not come first. Here's what all came first: the obedience aspect of it. So, my question to you is what has God already told you that you're delaying because you're waiting for more clarity, or you're waiting for things to be perfect, or you're waiting for things to be right, because really and truly, that is just an illusion. And I do believe that when we talk about, you know, we delay or procrastinate sometimes, some things, and I'm a procrastinator sometimes. I hate to admit it, I do. However, one thing that I do not procrastinate on is the instructions God has given me. Because I also know that two, just like two thoughts cannot coexist in the mind at the same time, two feelings cannot coexist in the mind at the same time, and whatever feeling you will fuel is what you will follow. Where attention goes, emotion and energy flows. You hear me talk about that all the time, right? But whatever feeling you fuel, whatever feeling that you feed is what will grow. So I'm not telling you that you're not gonna be fearful sometimes, but what I am telling you is that you got to feel the fear and do it anyway. And what I am telling you is that's really the only difference between not having what you want and having what you want, whether that be in lifestyle, whether that be in business, whether that be in anything. And here's what I say, right? That delayed obedience is really often disguised as fear. Because sometimes we'll say things like, I'm thinking about it, or you know, I'm researching it, I'm praying about it, I'm waiting for the right time. But if we're honest, sometimes we're just afraid, right? As I've been there, afraid of failure, afraid of rejection, afraid of criticism, especially from the people that we love, afraid of looking foolish sometimes. Sometimes, if we really want to get into it, we're afraid of success. Fear keeps people stuck in preparation mode. Faith requires movement. So fear keeps people stuck in preparation mode, and faith requires movement. What is it that we need to do? Move, of course. You know, it's so interesting because I was talking about this at the conference on Saturday, and I was like, man, this mental health matters. It's like every event, you know, it's always you. If you've ever done any type of event, you we have an SOP, right? Standard operating procedure for everything to go to go as needs to go. But what can happen will happen. What can go wrong will go wrong, right? Murphy's Law, I don't like Uncle Murph, but it's reality. There's so many things. One after the other, one after the other, one after the other. You know, the day that we are decorating, let me give you an example. The day that we're decorating, Tico, which is the electricity company out here in Tampa, decides that they wanted to go do work on the property. So as we're walking in, the lady calls us and it's like, hey, you know, we're doing some electricity work. So the AC and the electricity is gonna be gone a few hours. Mind you, this is Tampa, Florida. Okay, so it's it says it's 90 outside, but it feels like a little bit over 100. So, you know, I'm telling the team, I'm like, hey, this is what's going on. Some of my girls from church are helping. Two of the volunteers, they had to call out, but you know, I'm like, no, it's gonna be us. But I still said, you know what, we gotta show up because we gotta we gotta decorate the place. Like, what are we gonna do? So it is what it is. Let's uh open up the windows, let's see how we could get some air in here. Luckily, I don't live too far from the venue, so when the decorators came, I was able to take them to my house and let them blow up the balloons there and then take them back to the place and all of these things. But we were there for over eight hours decorating with no electricity, with no AC. And when you think about man, I almost let the circumstances talk me out of my assignment. That would have been a great space to do that. Just saying, then you know, we're like, hey, okay, that's fine, but we got to make sure everything is gonna be good tomorrow because everybody's gonna be yes, yes, yes, don't worry about it. Everything's gonna be good. We we tested it. Uh, of course, we get there Saturday and the AC is not pumping, it's working, it's not like I was on Friday when we're setting up, but it's not a hundred percent again. I almost let my circumstances talk me out of my assignment. When you talk about uncertainty, when you talk about pressure, when you talk about the work that is taking place behind the scenes, and you even are like, Man, you know, you've been working, working, working, working, working. Because yes, look, listen, does ads bring events together? Of course, but there is nothing that does it like you picking up the phones, smiling, and dialing, nothing that does it like off the muscle. Pro tip, right? People love hearing your voice, people love feeling that exclusivity of you inviting them, of you thinking of them. So, mind you, TMPanians, we love doing stuff last minute. That Tuesday or Wednesday, I want to say we had under 20 people registered, right? Under 20 people registered, and then Saturday we had 102. So it was like, granted, and that's still not like somebody would say, Oh, that's not a huge number, but I'm not reaching for the many, I'm reaching for the few, right? And when we talk about certain things, it's the point is imagine if I would have just been like, Oh, you know, well, well, this is a sign, maybe it's just not supposed to work, and I had quit early. Imagine if I would have quit early, I would have missed the blessing on the other side of the obedience because not only was it transformational for the people that came, it was transformational for me, it was transformational even for the people that were working there. So when you talk about, you know, you a lot of times delayed obedience is often disguised as fear, is like, yes, obedience is not always gonna make sense. Yes, it's not always going to be the easiest thing for you to follow through on what it is that you said you were going to do. But you got to ask yourself, is the calling greater than the circumstance? Is the calling more important than the circumstance? Is what which of the two is that's going to feed me? Which of the two is it that I'm going to fuel? And here's also the reality: obedience also builds trust. Every time you do what you said you were going to do, when you're talking about you're building trust, you're not only building trust with God, you're building trust with yourself, you're building trust with your family, you're building trust with your friends, you're building trust with your clients, with the community that you serve, because you're showing up as not only you are supposed to, but as you need to. And one of the greatest confidence builders in the world is keeping promises to yourself, to yourself. Because if you can keep a promise to yourself, you cannot keep a promise to anybody else. And when y'all hear me talk about this confidence, right? Confidence, confidence, it doesn't come from just affirmations alone, it doesn't come from just being in a high vibration peak performance state. No, no, no. Confidence or confidence, like I love to call it, it comes from evidence. From evidence that you have, evidence from the historical data that you already have proving that you are exactly who you think you are, that you are doing exactly what you were told to do, but more than anything, the evidence that you could trust yourself, and that is very, very important. Here's also what I do know God can't steer a parked car. Yes, I'm gonna let that sink in for a little bit. God cannot steer a parked car. Some of us are waiting for God to reveal step 20. All he was waiting for is for you to take step step one. So step 20 is gonna come when step 20 needs to be revealed, but it's just step one. The path becomes clear while you're walking. The path does not become clear when you get there. No, when you get there, you can connect the dots looking back, but the path becomes clear while you're walking, not while you're waiting. It's doing, it's through action. The reward isn't always what you expected. The blessing may not look like more money, it may not look like more clients, it may not look like more followers, it may not look like more this or more that or more engagement, but you know what it looks like? It looks like peace and knowing that you did what you said you were gonna do, it looks like growth, it looks like wisdom, it looks like relationships, it looks like new opportunities, it looks like greater faith, it looks like greater blessings. And when I tell people, you know, the symposium and anything that we do, it was not just about attendance, of course not. It's about impact, it's about transformation, it's about legacy, the lives that were changed, the conversations that were started, the people that decided to prioritize their mental health, the people that said, Man, now I too can get help. The men that left more emotionally intelligent, the woman that said, Man, I've been struggling with this. Now I'm going to get help. That's what it's about. People felt seen, they felt heard. That alone is a blessing. And you know, I always gotta sprinkle my faith because this is what I believe on, but when you fully obey the Lord your God, all these blessings will come upon and accompany you. Deuteronomy 28:1.2. When blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it, like it says in Luke 11 28. Why? Because let us never become weary in doing good. You shall reap the harvest. You will. God can never be mocked, he will never let hard work go unnoticed. So as we bring this in for a landing, I want you to take some time today, this week, ask yourself, what has God asked you to do that you haven't done? What do you have in your hands right now that you started and that because of fear you're not executing it as much as you should? What promise have you made to yourself that you've broken? And it's okay. Me too. Start again, reset. We're ending quarter two. So when you think of what's that going to look like six months from now, we'll be in 2027, and we're gonna hear the people and we even hear ourselves like new year, new me, woo-hoo. Well, new year, same you if the habits don't change, the behaviors don't change, the patterns don't change, but for the habits to change, the behavior to change, the years to change, the businesses to grow, the communities to grow, for you to heal, for all of these things to happen, the blessings to come. God does reward obedience and blessings, but you have to take the first step. You actually have to do what it said that you were going to do, and you have to do what you said you were going to do until what you do, until what you said you were going to do becomes true. I don't know what that's gonna look like, but when I ask you, what promises have you made to yourself that you've broken? What does that look like for you? What dreams have you postponed because of fear? What does that look like for you? What would happen if you became the person that actually followed through? What would happen with that? And when I say listen, you know, we do these challenges, and a lot of you guys DM me and is like, oh my god, I thank you for this. I love seeing that. I love it. Keep it up, right? But DM me the word coach if you're in a season that you're like, listen, I need to get my life together, my business, my brand strategy. I have a business that I want to bring to fruition, I want to build some passive income in the digital space. I see that the content creation world is at 240 billion. Like, I need to monetize my brand. I need to monetize my mission. I need to monetize my gifts. DM me the word coach, be more than happy to help you with that. And here, as we close, I want to challenge you to stop asking God for another sign. Why? Because a lot of times we're asking God for like, give me a sign, give me a sign, give me a sign. But we haven't moved on the instruction that he already gave us. So he already gave you an instruction. The blessing that we're praying for, it just may be waiting on the obedience that you've been avoiding. So when I say God rewards obedience and blessings, I'm living proof. Have historical data to prove that in every aspect of my life. And so many friends, colleagues, business partners, you name it. You have history with God. But the breakthrough, the opportunity, the relationship, the healing, the business, the next level, it just may be all on the other side of obedience. When you when I talk about doing what you said you were going to do until what you said you were going to do becomes true, it's not because it's easy, it's not because it's convenient, but because your future is connected to your follow-through. So when you know, if you ask yourself and you're like, man, she just said my future is connected to my follow-through. Yes, it is, and it's not all of the things that we think. Because, again, like I said from the beginning, it's not that we never feel fear. No, of course we do, but it's feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway, because obedience is rewarded by blessings. Breakfast has been served. So grateful for each and every single one of you guys. Great day, God bless. I'll see you guys soon. Take care. Make sure you guys are subscribed, following the podcast across all streaming platforms, and let me know how this affected each and every single one of you. Much love to you guys. Great day, and God bless.