Ok, so last week was an AWESOME week. I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and I wanna post one of the things God taught me this week. He showed me so many things; this is just something that stood out to me a lot.
One night, a man spoke on saying, “Yes,” to whatever Jesus asks us to do… Before we know what it is. Honestly, at first, that scared the crud out of me. Saying yes to something before it’s asked of me? Yikes! To anyone else, that would probably have been an automatic no, but he wasn’t asking us to say yes to anyone else. He was asking us to say yes to God: the ruler of the universe who spoke each one of us into being, who knows us and has plans to prosper us and not to harm us and to give us hope and a future, and who promises that in all things He works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Why wouldn’t I say yes to Him? Jesus Christ loves me enough to die for me, and He is with me. Isaiah 41:10 says, “So do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” He’s with us! So I said yes.
But, that’s not all there is to that one, I guess. Two or three nights later, Bob Caldwell was speaking, and he asked, “Is there someone back home that God has put on your heart to share the Gospel with?” And as I thought about the people at school, one face came to me and stuck, and I felt Jesus telling me to share with this person. And immediately, I found myself saying, “Huh? Wait, how do you expect me to do that? I don’t even know this person!”
The answer kinda smacked me upside the head in a way. God wasn’t expecting ME to do anything, because in everything I do, I need to operate by HIS strength, not my own, because anything I do on my own means NOTHING! And no, truth is, I don’t know this person very well, but Jesus Christ does. Jesus knows every hair on his head, every desire of his heart, and every intricate detail of his being, because Jesus created him!
Besides, I had already said yes, remember? And suddenly, Jesus was asking me to do something completely out of my comfort zone and plan. And honestly, I’m still pretty nervous about it, but I’m not afraid, because I know my God is with me, and I plan to try to share Christ with this person once school starts.
So, I’m going to start praying and ask God to begin opening this guy’s heart and to give me an opportunity and the words to speak when that opportunity comes.
Anyway, I think that’s all I’m going to write for now… Ttyl.
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