![]() ![]() At the Wild at Heart Boot Camp in 2015, I was asking God what names he had for me. It’s funny that this came up in conversation last weekend. It’s how we uniquely bear His image.Īll of this is reminding me and filling me with a determination to drive forward. That’s how we coauthor our own story…our calling always seems associated with the name God gives each one of us.” Gary Barkalow, in his book, “It’s Your Call,” talks about calling and how it is the glory and weightiness that each of us carry, uniquely, as God’s image bearers. He said, “We give Him much greater glory when we are aware of our calling, live intentionally, and live with passion. Anyway, near the end, Dan spoke to calling. I’m reading Dan Allender’s book, “To Be Told.” Actually, just really started and finished Chapter 1 yesterday. In verse 5, “The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me, and I have listened.” In this chapter, Isaiah is talking about being determined to be obedient to the Lord and pursuing the mission the Lord gave Him. With that being said, I can charge forward, no matter what the world says or does around me and continue to do His will.įor me, I find myself thinking how do I continue to press forward in my calling and the mission God has laid before me? I know and have to remember that in spite of seasons, He is with me, and I can, as Isaiah wrote, set my face like stone, and drive forward. God reminded me this morning, that despite this season and the challenges with trying to overcome it, He is with me. Anyway, as I pondered that verse, it just wrecked me. ![]() I have read this verse before, and it is even marked with a pen in my hard copy Bible. Therefore I have sent my face like stone, determined to do His will.” Out of the NLT, “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. I focus in and verse 7 sticks out like a sore thumb. This morning, I sit down at my desk, flip open my Bible and it is open right to Isaiah 50. ![]() That feeling of, “how will I get out of this situation?” I realized what the evil one was trying to do with that, so it has taken deeper prayer just to fight off agreements with that. With circumstances as they are right now, and not having the margin I had to pursue the hearts of others the way I had hoped, this week, I found myself very discouraged. As I wrote in the last couple weeks, I really felt God shaking the ground under my feet to get my attention. ![]()
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