The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say (Exodus 4:11-12, NIV).
God has a plan and purpose for each of us those of who He wants to use tend to fight Him the most saying surely God you don't want to use me because of what I did. Well news flash God already knows what you did He was there when you did it, but more importantly He knew before He formed you in your mother's womb that you would be where you are today. We have to lay down the mentality that God needs our permission to do anything. If He has called you to anything you can run, you can make all the excuses you want eventually surrender will come. I find in my conversation with some and in my study of the word that God didn't go looking for people who always had it all together to use them. Also when I look at David, Peter, & Thomas I see that even if you had all together when He called you just because you messed up along the way being used, you aren't automatically disqualified so get past yourself and let God do what He is going to do.
Jonah ran and ended up in the belly of the whale after his running caused trouble not just for him but for the people where he took cover as well. Maybe things are rocky in your life and it's not your own doing but because of someone you have taken in is running from what God called them to do and they have pulled you into their storm. You see everything we go through is not about us. Sometimes it's about the company we keep. Sometimes, God wants to use us because of what we did. So what you have slept with every guy in his daddy. He used Rahab so who are you? He used the Samaritan women. Oh I have a lustful spirit, I battle with that in my flesh all the time I am holy but I am horny, so was David and he was the apple of God's eye. David's lust caused him to have a woman's husband killed trying to cover up the act of sin he committed by submitting to his flesh.. So yes get pass yourself and let God do what He has planned for you to do.
How can God use me I am depressed, despondent and don't do anything but complain well look at Elijah and Jeremiah. You are not that special. You ought to count it all joy that God wants to use you. I too am amazed at some of the people He chooses to use. I have found in the bible when God decided to use somebody and He needed to do a work in them first once the change was made He changed their names this was so that the people who knew them in their mess wouldn't keep associating their pass with who they were now. You see people may be looking at this now saying oh that's just Ray and Dora's girl. If they tried to make Jesus common then who are you, get pass yourself. They said of Jesus isn't that the carpenter's son and last I looked you didn't hang on a cross and die for anyone, truth be told you wouldn't be willing die for you. Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die to get there.
Real Talk:
On the far side of a desert, high upon the mountain of God, a voice called out to Moses from within a curious, fiery bush. He had been tending the sheep of his father-in-law’s flock, minding his own business, going about his normal day-in-day-out tasks when God spoke to him from the flames. On the day that God called Moses to a fresh and fiery mission. A mission of deliverance.
Once a noble prince of Egypt with the world at his feet, Moses had become a lowly shepherd with dust on his sandals. His crown had been traded in for a staff. The palace days were far behind Moses now. He fled them because of what he had done. Glancing to his left and his right to be sure that no one would see what he was about to do, Moses took a horrible situation into his own hands and killed a man. He had murdered an Egyptian and covered the body with sand.
Fear and shame bombarded his heart so he fled—away from his dream-filled, royal future to a desert place of humble hiding. The door to his yesterdays was closed. Moses had moved on to a new place. His past was his past and he had no intention of returning to it. His life was different now. Normal, not noble.
Then God interrupted Moses’s new normal. He made it undeniably clear that His plans for Moses were different. Bigger. God’s intentions were for freedom—the freedom of His people, the Israelites, who were captives, slaves to Egypt. God called Moses to face the pains of his past so that the Israelites could face a future of freedom. His plans of emancipation required that Moses obey Him, listen to His voice, follow His instructions, and trust Him.
Moses quivered and doubted. He made excuses about why he couldn’t do it. He felt completely unfit and unqualified for such a task. It was risky. But God met Moses at his doubts. He called him to courage and went on to use Moses as an instrument of deliverance, truth, power, and freedom. Yes, Moses made mistakes along the way, but God was powerful in, through, and in spite of each one. Through it all, God led as only God can. He led with power. He led with purpose. He led with love. And through Moses, God led His people to a new place of promise and freedom.
Blessed to Be A Blessing
Shon Garner Cole follow me at http://realtalkwithshon.blogspot.com/
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