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    Yielding When You Feel Like Bolting

    Recently, a friend of mine asked if I would like to serve as one of the prayer leaders during our conference this weekend. Since I'm a little self-conscious about praying in front of others, I usually stay quiet. Being a prayer leader requires that I speak up. When I asked what all I needed to do, he said I'd be praying and prophesying. Excellent...not only do I tense up when it's my turn to pray, but I'll probably wig out when it comes to prophesying...I don't know what I'm doing. So, I told my friend I would get back to him (in order to come up with a good reason not to do it). Here's the thing though, I can only come up with one reason why I shouldn't - and it's not even a good one. My reason? Because I don't know what I'm doing and what if I don't have anything to say? What if I miss God's voice?Someone once told me, there are times when you're in the will of God and it doesn't make any sense. You can't see what's in front of you, you don't know where you're going and nothing makes sense. So what do we do? We plant the mustard seed-sized faith that we have and we ask God to bless it (and MULTIPLY that baby!). Think about this - no one likes to admit when they are wrong or that they really don't know what they are doing. However, what is the most common excuse used when it comes to doing God's will? We come up with all kinds of reasons why we can't do it or shouldn't be the one to do it, and most of them stem from "I'm not good enough" or "I'm too afraid." I remember hearing my pastor at Abiding Savior say, "God doesn't send the equipped, He equips those that He sends." Here's the thing, we are absolutely incapable of fulfilling God's will for our life on our own. So we need to quit having this pity party about how we're incapable of doing what God asks us to do. Our gift, Holy Spirit, was sent here to help us maximize our potential - if only we would yield to Him. My flesh, in its stubbornness, only wants to do the will of God when it's comfortable and convenient...when I'm able to control (or at least predict) the outcome. What a shame if I let my flesh rule my life...what a waste. So here is my reassurance that I am not in this alone this weekend: 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NLT) says, "Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives -- especially the ability to prophesy." If I should desire this from the Spirit, that means He's willing to give it. Bring out those mustard seeds! 2 Peter 1:20 (NLT) says, "Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet's own understanding." Ha! This proves that the prophecy may not make sense to me...it doesn't have to - if it's from God, He'll use it how He wants to. I am still a little nervous, but I know I just need to relax and just trust Him. He's got it all worked out. If I don't do this, I fear there may be someone who God wants to speak to through me...who am I to inhibit someone from a word from the Lord? I don't know what will happen - but I know that if I yield, God will bless me for it! Is there something in your life that God is asking you to do, but you are unwilling to yield?
    Tags » 2 Peter 1:20 Living with Integrity
    • 6 January 2011
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