But when one says "Yes" to God's promptings and open doors, they may be doors you would rather shut and yet, loving and obeying God becomes more important than our fleshly desire to hide.
He says to not hide our light under a bushel. I would love to hide but I don't want to cover up His light, and so when He calls, I have learned to go. . .even upon a stage with a microphone at my mouth. Again, needless to say, a lot of prayer went up. And grace came down.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
Isaiah 55:8
If I had my way, I would have never started a Blanket Ministry for the Homeless or gone to meet a complete stranger, a homeless man on a park bench or even began to think I could write a book. I'm so glad His ways and thoughts are not my ways and thoughts. I would have still been sitting in my comfort zone, which by the way folks. . .is a pretty boring place to be honest. Comfort does not equal blessed to which I have found out. Walking out of my comfort zones and into the unknown with a known Savior, Jesus Christ is one of the best walks I have ever taken. There are always blessings around the corner but you have to walk out and around the corner to experience them.
When you hear God calling you out for a walk, take His Hand and go. And if He is telling you to do something you think is crazy, remember, His ways are not your ways. . .they are better! And nothing is impossible with Him.
Whether He is leading you into a ministry of some kind or to write a book or whatever, do it. Surprise people. It just may get them moving out there on the walking trail with Jesus themselves and how wonderful that would be.
People's thoughts and our thoughts can be fickle and just plain wrong. Remember, God sees, hears, knows all. Trust Him. That is all.
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Amen.
Beautiful post, Kristin...very encouraging. I love how you say, "Comfort does not equal blessed. . ." I reflect on my own journeys to which the Lord has called me to, and you are so right. Even now, I'm extremely uncomfortable, swollen ankles/feet, hip joints aching, baby running out of space in my womb. Definitely uncomfortable, but I am so blessed to be in this discomfort. Literal example, I know, but I get exactly what you mean. Take care!
Walking with Jesus can be a place where He allows us to be alone with our thoughts, but when He says to step out that is what we must do.
The best place we could ever be. Walking with Jesus!
I get this. I can list so many things I wouldn't have done if I'd gotten my way. It's good to remember God hears the desires of our hearts and manages to have his way too when we say yes to him and trust him to lead us. I'm glad I linked up next to you at Soli Deo Gloria.
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God is good and it is also good that we are not all alike! I tend to keep to myself also but when God says go, there go I, and so should we all.
It was a good reminder. I struggle with some of what you mentioned, but also can only do what He tells me to do when He wants me to do it. Sometimes I want to do more, be more, help more ... but He knows where, when, and how I need to and can do what He needs done. So... forever in heaven will be revealing more than I/we understand now. So thank you much!
God often provides us the unthinkable in order to make us do what we deem impossible. When you find yourself in the midst of the unthinkable situation for which you can see no solution and he delivers you out of that bondage, that is when we truly know what this scripture means. Our ways are not His ways. HIS ways are so much better than ours. We are so limited by only what we know. We serve a God who knows everything. He has solutions we cannot even comprehend. Have the Faith to let God have his way
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