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Have
you ever had one of those “God moments” where you know beyond a shadow of a
doubt that you are called by the Lord to do something? Did you obey that
calling or did you fight with the Lord?
I
realized recently that for the past 1 ½ years I have been fighting with the Lord
about my calling in life. I had one of those “God moments” and knew what I
should do, but as time went by I started letting doubt and fear creep in and I
started fighting what I was called to do.
Every
time I heard God’s voice in this matter, I would say, “But…
·
I’m
not qualified.
·
I
don’t want to go back to school.
·
I’m
tired of this.
·
How
can I help others when I can’t even help myself?
·
The
list of excuses could go on and on.
Or
I would say…
·
Lord,
I would much rather do _____.
·
Hey,
Lord, wouldn’t this be a much better option for me?
·
Oh!
I think it would so much more exciting to _______.
And
the truth of the matter is
1.
I am not
qualified, but He is.
·
“Abide in Me, and
I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the
vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the
branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me
you can do nothing.” –John 15:4-5
·
“For with God
nothing will be impossible.” –Luke 1:37
·
“I can of myself
do nothing,”—John 5:30a
2.
If I love Him, I
have to be obedient to the calling that He has placed on my life.
·
“If you love Me,
keep my commandmants.” –John 14:15
·
“If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept My Father’s
commandments and abide in His love.”—John 15:10
3.
Even when I am
tired, weak and worn, He will give me the strength to keep on moving forward.
·
“I can do all
things through Christ who gives me strength.”—Philippians 4:13
·
“Have you not
known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is
unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He
increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men
shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles; They shall run and not be weary;
They shall walk and not faint.”—Isaiah 40:28-31
4.
I’m not supposed
to help myself…My healing comes from Him. There is nothing I can do to make it
better.
·
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because
the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted…”—Isaiah 61:1a
5.
Yes, there might
be things that look better on paper…but NOTHING
is better for my life than the plans that He has for me.
·
“You did not choose
Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that
your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name He may
give you.”—John 15:16
·
“For I know the
plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”—Jeremiah 29:11
·
“For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand that we should walk in them.”—Ephesians 2:10
So
do I keep fighting or do I surrender to the call that He has placed on my life?
