When we know we are being called that's step one
Step two is what to do we do in response
Don't be so quick to judge
Believing we are worthy enough to not only accept the call in our life but worthy enough to accept the blessings.
Matthew 7 verse 1-2: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
We are all given a testimony. We use our testimonies, our tests become our testimonies.
We can sometimes only do that in a place of victory.
We must always point ourselves to A Savior.
We can do that through Mercy, Compassion, Humility and Love.
Matthew 7 verse 3-5: 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Some times we are our own worst critic.
You know what God says: God says I've forgiven you.
Matthew verse 7-12: 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
If it's truly it's God's voice we need to respect the answer.
You may be surprised, God may end up saying yes.
Is our God in a box or are you letting Him out of the box to let Him do what He's going to do?
We can still love people at a distance, if that's where God is calling them to be.
That doesn't me we judge them, or shame them.
You are just as worthy as the person you are praying for. You have to believe that.
That unconditional love applies to you and all His children.
Galatians 5 verse 5-6: 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians verse 7: 7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
If God calls you to end an unhealthy relationship or friendship, whatever it may be it takes a forceible action to cut the tie to something old in order to start something new.
We like to hold onto something old because let's face it, we hold onto it like a security blanket like it's comfortable.
To step into a new season.
We have to let go things of the old.
Jeremiah 29 verse 11: 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
It takes action on our part to serve the needs, to fervently pray. God wants us to be an active participant in our Faith.
God wants us to be an active participant in our Faith, He wants us to have an active role in our Faith.
It may not be a bad decision on two bad things.
What better sets give you a peace in your heart?
But you have to have that kind of trust in your heart.
But there is a season where you are working on your patience, but there is also a time to put our Faith in action.
Not forsaking the fellowship and having Godly counsel and having that Godly counsel is so important.
To ask for Godly counsel and to ask for help.
The enemy will sometimes test you.
Hebrews 12 verse 1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
The choice is up to you in how fast you want to get there.
God will help you get there. As long as you stay grounded in Him.
You know what the key part of it is? That you finish it well.
Continue to run that race as best as you can and don't give up.
It's not about how many times you fall, it's about how many times you get back up. It's not about perfection.
In scripture it says act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.
We already know who the victory belongs to.
Help one another finish each other's race well.
We're all in this race together, we all want to finish this race together.
1 Corinthians 13: 1- 13, If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
The glue that holds it altogether is Love. God is Love.
If we know God, we know Love.
Always keep stock of ourselves.
Know when to take action.
In everything you do, do it in love.
God has not given us a spirit of fear but of a sound mind.
Worry doesn't add a day to our life.
And we can't wait till we have it altogether to go to Him.
We come just as we are.
Go to God just as you are. And He will honor that.
Because you're worthy just as you are.
It's time to own our Belovedness.
