Believing Bigger
I started a devotional written by Marshawn Evans Daniels called 100 Days of Believing Bigger, and boy is it changing my life!
This book has you sit down each day, learning that God has a huge purpose for your life and it will help you to think of what that purpose is by asking you questions that will lead to answers you always want to know about yourself and where you are going on your faith journey.
Marshawn pulls verses out of the bible that help you to see how wonderfully made you are, and how intricate His plan is divinely for you. There is nobody like you. You are truly one of a kind. We constantly use social media and think we need to be comparing ourselves to other people. Stop that! He made you different from everyone else. Your gifts, and talents are unique to you and will help the body of Christ become one. We are all add on’s to complete the bigger picture. We are called to be kingdom builders. What does that mean, you might ask? We are kingdom builders when we are seeking Him actively on a daily basis and asking Him how we can be of encouragement and help to another sister or brother in Christ. We are kingdom builders when we are in the word daily, worshipping and trusting Jesus.
The most interesting part of us being here for a purpose, God’s purpose; is that it’s really not about us at the end of the day! It’s about Him and will always be about Him. He created us so that He may have companionship. He created us each differently with unique gifts and talents. God wants us to use those gifts and talents. He sent us here and gave us dominion over all the earth. Unfortunately, sin came into the world (as He knew would happen because He has given us free will, and knows the beginning from the end). We are needed for such a time as this, these times are past weary, evil is flooding the earth. God has had to reset the world in the past, and He may have to once again (Isaiah 43:18-21).
I believe we are in a time where God needs all hands on deck. He needs His people to minister to others, to speak heavenly words over them, to tell them Jesus loves them and that He died on the cross with them in mind. If He did all that for us, who are we to not live in His will, or obey and trust Him? God needs Kingdom builders, people that are going to be ready at a moments notice wearing the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18).
Do you often feel the Holy Spirit desiring to spend time with you? Stop everything you’re doing and make that time. We should no longer be slaves to a boss/job, to chores, to secular music, TV, and movies. We are God’s servants. We answer to Him and Him alone. If the job you are at is keeping you from Him, it is not the job for you. This is not meant to be condemning, it’s meant to help you see you are more free than the world tells you, God will free you from what is bounding you in this realm as long as you work with Him to do so. God will always provide for you, especially when you give Him your entire self. Before you quit your job, pray with God to see if that is the avenue He wants you to take.
Heavenly Father, I pray for the person who is reading this. I pray that you will help them to hear your voice about what you want them to do with their life, and how they can be a servant for Your kingdom. I pray you give them a desire, and a fire for You that they will continue to have daily for the rest of their time here on earth. Jesus, we want to live for you, and you alone. I pray that this person reading will gain wisdom and truth in what You have called them for, and that You bring them into a new chapter with You, one that will increase their faith 10-fold. God, I know this person loves you, desires to know you deeper, and to walk their journey fully by faith in You. Give them the peace needed to walk away from the things of the earth that are keeping them from You. In Jesus precious and holy name, Amen.
Upon giving the rest of your life to the Lord, a new faith that is deeper than it was before, we must stay prayered up and lean on Him fully to cover us. We need to realize when things start to go really wrong, it’s because you are on the right track and the enemy is trying to make you walk back off the road. Be still and know that God is God. He will keep you as long as you want to be kept.
This is what the Lord had me write about today. I hope you have a fire in you, like never before!
Until next time! XO