I find myself listening to sermons from other churches at random times during my week, man I never thought you would hear me saying that, and sometimes a message just slams me in the face and this is my outlet to get it out and for other people to perhaps benefit from what I have learned and have on my heart from the topic. Today I was listening to Pastor Michael Todd out of Tulsa Oklahoma. The message really got to me today because I think this is one that every one of us deals with.....so I'll ask this question. How many times has God called us to do something and all we do is come up with excuses as to why we aren't good enough or cant do it?!? Now I'm not talking about your buddy calling you up and asking to go hang out and you try to come up with an excuse to stay home and sit on the couch....I'm talking about your Heavenly Father marking you for a calling. I'm not saying that He is calling you to be a pastor or anything of that nature (all though I wouldn't doubt that someone reading this does have that calling). In 1 Samuel 9:21 (MSG) it says "Saul answered 'But I'm only a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel's tribes, and from the most insignificant tribe at that. Why are you talking to me like this?'" Saul was being marked as the first King chosen by God, but yet his first reaction wasn't dropping to his knees to thank God for this blessing, his first reaction was to start making excuses. I think a lot of us do that every day. I know for me personally I have had many instances where I felt like God was telling me to go and do something but I stood back and told myself that I didn't know enough or wasn't good enough to do what I was told to do. When we sit back and wait and make excuses God will often times give us the word a few times in hopes that we will eventually listen....God left Saul in charge for 44 years even after he had disobeyed the Lord on many occasions, in hopes that he would repent because he was God's first choice....but then if you still aren't listening, God will move on to someone who will and that person gets the blessing that was originally for you. Now here's the crazy part to me....there's not a huge clock in the corner showing you how much time you have until God moves that blessing and calling on to someone else. So why in the world would anyone even hesitate for a second when God places a calling on your life? I know for me its a fear thing....I was reminded during a great lunch conversation on my Kid Fest trip about something extremely important for me to remember, Fear is a liar! I believe wholeheartedly that God placed me at that table at lunch with that person to remind me of that because there are times every day of my life where I will get a word from God for someone or will feel like God is leading me to do something and I let fear talk me out of it. I encourage you, and myself, today....stop listening to what you say about yourself and start listening to what He says about you. His plans are so much more than we could ever imagine! I pray that we all spend a little more time listening to our Father and less time listening to our excuses. I would love to be praying for you so please leave me a comment or send me a message with your prayer requests. I love you guys!
Monday, April 29, 2019
Don't Be a Saul
Hey guys! I feel like first of all I should apologize to all of you....I have completely gotten behind on my very small goal of one blog a month. I know that there hasn't been many page views on the last few posts but I still feel like God asked me to do these and I have slipped up. So... where have I been the last two months? Well, I have had two amazing experiences with the young people of our church, we had our third Immerse conference which was absolutely amazing as always (I'll write more about that at a later time) and I stepped a bit outside my box and went along on our FaithKids trip to Kid Fest (I'm sure this will end up being written about as well). I've also continued on my journey towards better health and a better me and I am currently 55 pounds down and I can actually see my goal weight off in the distance....but even better than that, I feel like I actually have some energy to do goofy stuff with my kids again, nothing better than that! Alright, on to the actual reason I am writing today....
I find myself listening to sermons from other churches at random times during my week, man I never thought you would hear me saying that, and sometimes a message just slams me in the face and this is my outlet to get it out and for other people to perhaps benefit from what I have learned and have on my heart from the topic. Today I was listening to Pastor Michael Todd out of Tulsa Oklahoma. The message really got to me today because I think this is one that every one of us deals with.....so I'll ask this question. How many times has God called us to do something and all we do is come up with excuses as to why we aren't good enough or cant do it?!? Now I'm not talking about your buddy calling you up and asking to go hang out and you try to come up with an excuse to stay home and sit on the couch....I'm talking about your Heavenly Father marking you for a calling. I'm not saying that He is calling you to be a pastor or anything of that nature (all though I wouldn't doubt that someone reading this does have that calling). In 1 Samuel 9:21 (MSG) it says "Saul answered 'But I'm only a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel's tribes, and from the most insignificant tribe at that. Why are you talking to me like this?'" Saul was being marked as the first King chosen by God, but yet his first reaction wasn't dropping to his knees to thank God for this blessing, his first reaction was to start making excuses. I think a lot of us do that every day. I know for me personally I have had many instances where I felt like God was telling me to go and do something but I stood back and told myself that I didn't know enough or wasn't good enough to do what I was told to do. When we sit back and wait and make excuses God will often times give us the word a few times in hopes that we will eventually listen....God left Saul in charge for 44 years even after he had disobeyed the Lord on many occasions, in hopes that he would repent because he was God's first choice....but then if you still aren't listening, God will move on to someone who will and that person gets the blessing that was originally for you. Now here's the crazy part to me....there's not a huge clock in the corner showing you how much time you have until God moves that blessing and calling on to someone else. So why in the world would anyone even hesitate for a second when God places a calling on your life? I know for me its a fear thing....I was reminded during a great lunch conversation on my Kid Fest trip about something extremely important for me to remember, Fear is a liar! I believe wholeheartedly that God placed me at that table at lunch with that person to remind me of that because there are times every day of my life where I will get a word from God for someone or will feel like God is leading me to do something and I let fear talk me out of it. I encourage you, and myself, today....stop listening to what you say about yourself and start listening to what He says about you. His plans are so much more than we could ever imagine! I pray that we all spend a little more time listening to our Father and less time listening to our excuses. I would love to be praying for you so please leave me a comment or send me a message with your prayer requests. I love you guys!
I find myself listening to sermons from other churches at random times during my week, man I never thought you would hear me saying that, and sometimes a message just slams me in the face and this is my outlet to get it out and for other people to perhaps benefit from what I have learned and have on my heart from the topic. Today I was listening to Pastor Michael Todd out of Tulsa Oklahoma. The message really got to me today because I think this is one that every one of us deals with.....so I'll ask this question. How many times has God called us to do something and all we do is come up with excuses as to why we aren't good enough or cant do it?!? Now I'm not talking about your buddy calling you up and asking to go hang out and you try to come up with an excuse to stay home and sit on the couch....I'm talking about your Heavenly Father marking you for a calling. I'm not saying that He is calling you to be a pastor or anything of that nature (all though I wouldn't doubt that someone reading this does have that calling). In 1 Samuel 9:21 (MSG) it says "Saul answered 'But I'm only a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel's tribes, and from the most insignificant tribe at that. Why are you talking to me like this?'" Saul was being marked as the first King chosen by God, but yet his first reaction wasn't dropping to his knees to thank God for this blessing, his first reaction was to start making excuses. I think a lot of us do that every day. I know for me personally I have had many instances where I felt like God was telling me to go and do something but I stood back and told myself that I didn't know enough or wasn't good enough to do what I was told to do. When we sit back and wait and make excuses God will often times give us the word a few times in hopes that we will eventually listen....God left Saul in charge for 44 years even after he had disobeyed the Lord on many occasions, in hopes that he would repent because he was God's first choice....but then if you still aren't listening, God will move on to someone who will and that person gets the blessing that was originally for you. Now here's the crazy part to me....there's not a huge clock in the corner showing you how much time you have until God moves that blessing and calling on to someone else. So why in the world would anyone even hesitate for a second when God places a calling on your life? I know for me its a fear thing....I was reminded during a great lunch conversation on my Kid Fest trip about something extremely important for me to remember, Fear is a liar! I believe wholeheartedly that God placed me at that table at lunch with that person to remind me of that because there are times every day of my life where I will get a word from God for someone or will feel like God is leading me to do something and I let fear talk me out of it. I encourage you, and myself, today....stop listening to what you say about yourself and start listening to what He says about you. His plans are so much more than we could ever imagine! I pray that we all spend a little more time listening to our Father and less time listening to our excuses. I would love to be praying for you so please leave me a comment or send me a message with your prayer requests. I love you guys!
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