There are always going to be times that in our lives, we will find ourselves dealing with some form of trials, testing, or even temptation that occurs within our lives because that is what life is. As we look at life now, there is something else that we have to always watch and be careful about because we never want to fall in a trap of wanting to have a spirit of comparison or even competition that results in us losing our joy, losing our peace, or even losing or fire and desire.
It is something to see in life, and it is something to deal with because as you look at the ministry that you have and the ministry God has given you the Lord has given you a specific charge. We all have a specific charge and call, but as we look at our lives and the things that God has blessed us with, we also have to realize that we can’t be like everybody else. That is something that can be a struggle, that is something that can be difficult, and that is something that can be bothersome….. when you look at things, and you are wondering why can’t I have it like somebody else?
Has that ever happened to you? Has that statement, feeling, and just those expressions visited you in your life? I believe that we all that love the Lord, and that walk with the Lord have been there, and it is not because of trying to compete or trying to outdo, but as you follow the Lord and love the Lord sometimes it is hard to wait on the Lord. Isn’t hard sometimes to wait on the Lord, because we can wait on the Lord, and we can follow the Lord but even in doing that you wonder sometimes am I all alone, does anybody care, and does anybody think about me?
The key to any life is that you do have to be secure in your faith and walk with the Lord! You have to realize and understand that you can’t be something that you don’t fit, maybe that’s why we all have to stay in our lanes because God gives us our own lanes. Your lane and my lane is not the same, but whatever lane the Lord has given us we have to stay focused on where we are, but don’t allow where you are to kill your spunk, kill your energy, kill your vibe, or kill your spirit!
Make the best of where you are, and don’t look at it as a demerit but look at it as a blessing because the Lord doesn’t have to allow you a spot in the water! I have gotten to that place in my life is that the Lord doesn’t have to allow me to have a spot in the water, and it is not just me but that is a reality for us all that where the Lord has you in the water is where He wants you. I don’t know why the Lord puts somebody in a bigger boat, or a bigger part of the water than somebody else, but that is what God chooses to do, and whatever the Lord chooses to do we all have to accept what He does.
The Lord is the one that is blessing us, and are you satisfied with the blessings that the Lord has given you? You might not have the biggest preaching calendar or Church assignment but guess what you are still special and significant in the eyes of the Lord! You might not have the biggest house, the biggest bank account, the nicest car, the nicest jewelry, or you might not have what for others look at as something great and grand. Even though you don’t that doesn’t mean that you are not special, we have to change how we think and we have to change how we respond to things, because it is not about what the world thinks but what God thinks!
The world and people won’t ever validate everybody, but the world and other people will at times will show the love and fire to the ones that they choose to do. That is something that is going to happen, but don’t stop working hard, don’t stop serving, don’t stop living a fruitful life, don’t stop living a grateful life, and don’t stop having a spirit of gratefulness. We all have to remember that, and we all have to understand that, people won’t always show us love but don’t stop sailing, don’t stop living, and don’t stop having a motivation to continue to be you!
You have to be you…… Don’t be somebody that you aren’t, but you make sure that you continue to remain you! You have never seen a red crayon color blue, you’ve never seen a black ink pen write out in orange, you’ve never seen a chocolate chip cookie that was specifically made to be chocolate chip be something other than chocolate chip. We all have our own specific charge and flavor, but that is what is real because we have to live in our own space and do the best with that space that we are in!
You have to keep going even when you are feeling alone, but don’t allow the world to make you feel alone because the Lord is always with you! That is what we have to remember that the Lord is with us, and because the Lord is with me and because I have the Lord in my life I am living in victory, walking with confidence, and I am upbeat. That is what I am because I know that the Lord has me, and that is why you won’t ever have to worry about drowning and that is why you won’t have to worry about sinking, because when your focus is on the Lord and where the Lord is taking you then you know that nothing will stop you because you know where God is, and you know that the Lord will never leave you!
God won’t leave you and God won’t abandon you, even when the world is cold the Lord will always keep me warm by His spirit, by His guidance, and by the call that He has on my life. The Lord will do that, and I know that the Lord will do it, and I know there is no need for me to be in a mindset of loss, or a mindset of allowing what culture doesn’t boost the Lord will always boost! That is our real spiritual truth and growth as we continue to live for the Lord: “I rather be boosted by God and it be real, than being boosted by people and it goes away” We need to always have the right guidance by the Lord, and when we have that right guidance we will continue to live, go forward, and go higher all because the Lord is the one that has kept us sailing and not people themselves!
Joshua 3:7 ESV
The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Words From GCB 