Thursday, July 24, 2008

How Do We Know?

How do we know when God has called us to do something? I used to think that God would only call me to do things I was good at, things that wouldn't take a lot of my time, things that I would not be inconvinienced by. That's what I used to think.

That was before I became a mother. Once I became a MOM I saw things a lot different.
In the beginning I was not very good at it, it was taking way too much of my time, actually it was taking ALL of my time, and let's face it waking up every two to three hours a night to feed a baby is not very convinient I don't care who you are!

But then, I started to rely more on the Lord than on myself. I knew there was NO WAY I was going to be able to do this mothering thing without HIM. You know what? It got better!

Being a mother is still something I feel I'm not that great at, it still takes a lot of my time and there are many times that I'm still inconvenienced by it. But I'm having a blast, what I'm getting in return it's sooo worth the "inconvenience"!!!
I know that this is one thing God called me to do.

God has called me to do other things and at first I felt the same way I did when I first became a Mom. No way God, this is going to take too much of my time... I don't think I'm going to be very good at this God...this is way to inconvenient for me right now God...

I knew there was a need, I knew help was needed, but I kept telling myself I would be no good at this. I took a leap of faith and as I look back I can see God's hand in everything I've done.
There more I rely on Him the easier things seem to get and they become much more enjoyable.

There is a boldness that develops, there's this feeling of "Yes, I can do this because God has already taken care of it"!

How do you explain this to other people? How do you let them know that Yes! You can do this because God has already taken care of it!

We have a great need at Clubs, we need help...all of the kids that show up on Wednesday nights need help. We need people to love them as Jesus loves them. We need people to teach them about Jesus' love for them. Many of them don't get that at home, many of their parents don't even have a Bible.

We have an opportunity here to do what God wants us to do. At first is going to look like you'll be no good at it, at first it's going to look like it's going to take too much of your time and yes you will be inconvenienced by it. But as you rely 100% on the Lord He will show you different.

I have heard all the excuses in the book but God can break through every single one of them!
How do we know when God has called us to do something? Look around, is there a need? Is help needed, then there's a good chance God is calling YOU to help.