I
believe that many people are missing out on experiencing God, because they are
not putting their entire trust in God.
They say things like I feel God is calling me to do more in the church
but I do not have the time, I don’t have the ability to speak in front of
others. The problem is that we do not
truly believe that God is all knowing and wants the best for us. He isn’t going to call us to go and do
something that we are going to fall flat on or face. Richard Blackaby puts it this way, “By nature God is omniscient, or all-knowing.
He is not limited by the dimension of time—He knows the past, present, and
future. He created all things, so nothing is outside of His knowledge. Whenever
God expresses Himself to you, therefore, His directions are always right. When
God gives you a directive, you can be sure He has already considered every
factor. You will never do God's bidding only to discover that God was somehow
mistaken. You can have absolute confidence that when God tells you to do
something, it is the right course of action.”
We
must be careful to make sure that we are going in the direction that God wants
us to, it is easy for us to get an idea then be carried away with it in the excitement
of the moment. Once we have a thought we
should then go ahead and pray about it and talk it over with some trusted Godly
Friends. Let us look at Gideon who
wanted to make sure that he was doing what God wanted. “Then
Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you
promised, prove
it to me in this way. I will put some wool on the threshing floor tonight. If
the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will
know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.” And it
happened just that way. When Gideon got up the next morning, he squeezed the
fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.
Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make
one more request. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around
it is wet with dew.” So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry
in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.”( Judges 6:36-40)
Once
we have centered our lives around God and not this world then we are going to
put our trust in God and see Him do things we never thought possible. Let us look at the Disciples these twelve men
who were just twelve everyday people, yet in Matthew 10:1 we read this, “Then
Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave
them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every
disease and every sickness.” God is the creator
of all that living and dead who give, He says follow me and I can do great
things in you and through you. He gives
us a warning with that as well, if you read the remainder of chapter Matthew
ten. But He tells us Follow me, trust me
and be changed forever. But it starts
with us trusting in God. We have to
trust that when God calls us He is going to provide. “When we announce what we
think we can't do in response to God's initiative, we are actually saying more
about our faith in God than we are about our own abilities. The fact is, either
we believe God is all-powerful or we don't. When you declare it's impossible
for you to do what God told you to do, you show your doubts about how powerful
God really is. It is one thing to believe in God's power, it is quite another
to live your life in obedient response to an all-powerful God.” (Richard
Blackaby)
Blackaby,
Richard (2008-09-01). Experiencing God (p. 16). B&H Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
Blackaby,
Richard (2008-09-01). Experiencing God (p. 16). B&H Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
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