You ever have a pressing feeling that you really want to do something or really need to do something for someone else. I often hesitate when it happens and I know I'm not the only one. Yesterday as I was scrubbing my bathroom door I heard the Lord say "your obedience can be someone's answered prayer". I stopped and thought about the many times I didn't do what was put on my heart and how it could have impacted someone else's faith. What if someone was waiting for something they had asked God for, and I was the one who was supposed to deliver, and I didn't because I was afraid to speak up or make a move?
When God gives me a word for someone it's usually so hard for me to relay the message - especially if it's to a stranger. But when I do, they always say thank you and that it was confirmation about something that they had been talking to God about. I am always so relieved that the word I heard was accurate - but why am I surprised? If I am spending time with God and I'm tapped into His spirit then why do I hesitate and why am I shocked that what I said or did was right? Again, I know it's not just me. Why do we second guess what God has put on our heart to say or do?
Ultimately, the problem isn't that we don't trust God, the problem is that we don't trust ourselves, but why? It's because we think we are the ones doing the nice gesture or giving the word when in actuality it is God showing His love and doing a work through us. We lean on our own understanding and unknowingly stand in disobedience because we are afraid of how the other person is going to receive what we just gave them. But if we trust that God is in it then we shouldn't worry about the outcome. Someone else getting the loving confirmation is worth the risk of looking or feeling foolish. Risky things are always scary but when something is scary is usually when it's right. It's usually when you're being forced out of your comfort zone and into a place of growth and maturity.
So I challenge each of us to speak up, to text or call the person God put on her heart to check in, and do the kind gesture without being afraid that you're doing too much. Be obedient to the promptings in your heart. You just may be answering someone's prayer.
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