Some days, my devotions are just on point!

I read them and think- I need to remember this or I need to share this somewhere!

Lately, I have taken to social media…which is a fine, decent outlet for a quick thought. As I am learning to maneuver through the “#” and the “@” of the Internet, I discovered that people actually read what I say…even if it is not actually me but a quote I thought to share.

One would think that would make me feel good but it makes me feel strange instead…

I am actually hesitant to share a thought now because I don’t want the attention for it…how crazy is that?! God gives me a Word and I feel like hiding it under a lamp so I don’t achieve mediocre “fame”…so now He doesn’t get the glory…where is the sense in that??

That truly may be something for me to work through some day…hmph.

So, what do I do when I feel I have seen something that hits on point and I feel the burn inside to share it???

For this morning, I am choosing to retreat here to my little blog site of sort of but not quite anonymity…

Sigh.

Here we go, with a thought written by Joyce Meyer and interpreted by me so I can paraphrase it for you- I hope that is not a form of plagiarism…

Closer To God (with emphasis mine)~

“On difficult days it is helpful to be reminded to perservere in order to fulfill the call of God on your life…

<I believe I am called to be an encourager of sorts to all sorts of people…that being a fairly vague and broad spectrum of ministry opportunities, I am often uncertain if what I am doing or feel I want to do has value or is effective… Gotta love doubts, right?>

…He (Timothy the student of the apostle Paul) had reached a place where he needed to be encourage…

<I think it is a fair assessment to say that I need to be encouraged like…I don’t know… every day…>

Paul tells him in 2 Timothy 1:6-7…you may feel like quitting, but I am reminding you of the call on your life. Remember the power of the Holy Spirit that changed your life. He gives you a spirit of power, love, discipline, and self-control….Timothy was encouraged to be stable…”

I was reminded yesterday of what direction I believe the Lord wants me to go but had doubts that it would come to pass..that it was foolish…that it was not necessary…that it did not matter one way or another…

When I summoned up the courage to actually ask a question I really wanted an answer to I actually got not only an answer but also confirmation that I am moving in the direction that I had hoped I would go…

I know that is a vague example, but when you have a desire on your heart, that you believe was put there by God- because where would all these crazy ideas come from that I have floating around in my head if NOT from Him?!-if you sit passively and wait for those things, His promises, to come passively toward you with no effort on your own you will be sorely mistaken.

I will “fail” because I did not do the work…and that is not an option.

I am more than a conqueror NOT a failure!

Sometimes, it takes a phone call to seek clarity to get moving into a new direction.

Sometimes, it takes quitting something that is holding you back to get you moving forward into the direction God has for you (habits, disciplines, a job, relationships even..)

Sometimes, it takes waiting and growing in Him while you wait..even if others seem to be getting what you feel you deserve or desire…

It takes faith when you can’t see.

It takes perserverence when you feel you can’t stand up.

It takes endurance when you think you can’t hold on.

It takes patience.

It takes a support system that loves you, encourages you, builds you up, prays for you, believes in you, cries with you as much as they laugh with you…

“Giving up is only an option for those who plan to fail in life”