I was reading my devotion today – Genesis 18. The story was about when Abraham was nearly 100 years old and God told him that he still would be given a son by his wife, Sarah. What did Abraham do when he heard this information? He laughed. Then, not too much later, Sarah (about 90 yrs old) overheard the Lord explaining to Abraham exactly when the child would come. What did she do? She laughed! Both Abraham and Sarah laughed because they believed they were too old to conceive a child. But by their innocent laughing they basically were limiting their faith in God’s ability to work through them.
Have you ever had someone asked you to work in some sort of ministry for God and you felt you weren’t qualified? Have you ever had a calling in your heart from God to move into a certain ministry? What has held you back? If it was your insecurities of your abilities – remember that God works through us. When we say that we can’t do something, we are limiting God! We are limiting the Holy Spirit!
There have been times in my teachings with children, as a Sunday school teacher, that I have had no idea where the answers to their questions have come from – they have not come from me… they were supplied to me from God. For instance, a child would ask me where something was in the Bible and the answer would just flow out of my mouth. I had not memorized the verse before that day. God had supplied that answer for that child. That is what I mean when I say God works through us!
I hope we will all offer ourselves to God and His plan for us. I think we can find true happiness if we follow what we are destine to be. .. And surround each other for support!
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