I began a new God journal a few days ago, on December 1st. I had just ran out of room in my previous one...God's timing is perfect. So I started this new journal a few days ago, and was wondering if God would give me a theme to put on the first page of it. He started doing this recently, as a way to assign a message and task to that particular journal and accompanying season. For this new journal, He gave me a focused message. I was guided to write a pledge to Him:
"I will answer and say,
'Whatever You want to tell me, whatever you feel you want to do,
it doesn't matter.'"
This commitment came from a quickened conversation that I was hearing in the car. The Lord was fast to confirm this. I began reading Heidi Baker's recent book, and came to a segment that was strikingly similar to what I'd just received.
Confirmed: Heidi Baker book: "He will call you to go and do whatever He wants".
Confirmed: Just after reading, Mom said to Vanessa, "You can call him, that's great". She wasn't actually talking about God at the time, but to me the message was clear.
Confirmed: Later that same day, Vanessa wrote a note for herself that instructed her too serve others. It said, "I'm here, and willing to do whatever, whenever". She'd meant this in context to service, but I knew it was a confirmation of the type of things I needed to give to God.
Here I am, use me (Isaiah 6:8). I went through a phase where this was a main prayer of mine. Now it's resurfacing...God wants to test our willingness. He wants us to offer our lives to Him. He wants us to start giving up the pieces of our lives we've stored away for ourselves. Are we willing to be used and spent for Him? His heart goes far beyond you and I. He wants us to have His heart, and then allow it to carry out fully His purposes in our lives.
"I will answer and say,
'Whatever You want to tell me, whatever you feel you want to do,
it doesn't matter.'"
This commitment came from a quickened conversation that I was hearing in the car. The Lord was fast to confirm this. I began reading Heidi Baker's recent book, and came to a segment that was strikingly similar to what I'd just received.
Confirmed: Heidi Baker book: "He will call you to go and do whatever He wants".
Confirmed: Just after reading, Mom said to Vanessa, "You can call him, that's great". She wasn't actually talking about God at the time, but to me the message was clear.
Confirmed: Later that same day, Vanessa wrote a note for herself that instructed her too serve others. It said, "I'm here, and willing to do whatever, whenever". She'd meant this in context to service, but I knew it was a confirmation of the type of things I needed to give to God.
Here I am, use me (Isaiah 6:8). I went through a phase where this was a main prayer of mine. Now it's resurfacing...God wants to test our willingness. He wants us to offer our lives to Him. He wants us to start giving up the pieces of our lives we've stored away for ourselves. Are we willing to be used and spent for Him? His heart goes far beyond you and I. He wants us to have His heart, and then allow it to carry out fully His purposes in our lives.
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