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When should I do what God wants me to do? How do I know if its really me who He told to do it? We pray, read, apply In His Word 8-31-2026
But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be serious
and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one
another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Be hospitable to
one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to
one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks
let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with
the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:7-11
All He asked for really was for the people to honor Him. To listen to His voice, read His laws back then and the Word of God, aka our Bibles today and then apply it to their lives. Today He may be speaking to you through people at church, or even some on the internet that share the Word of God with you.
I believe that God has been speaking to each one of us about our specific area of growing His kingdom. He wants us to personally be ready but more than that He wants us to know that He is going with us!
Looking back to the times when the Lord God delivered Israel from Egypt and slavery, God had to give them reprimands many times to get right on the right path. When the Israelites were about to leave their forty years of lessons and punishments while they wandered in the wilderness, God gave them a sudden change. He told them that Moses would not be going with them.
This would have worried many people who had only known Moses as their leader. Imagine how fearful they must have felt, hearing that their Moses was not going into this land, but yet he was going to send them into it? God knew they would be fearful and that is why He encouraged them not to be afraid, that He would still be going with them.
“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid
of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not
leave you nor forsake you.” … Be strong
and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the
Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to
inherit it. “…He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be
dismayed.” Deuteronomy
31:6-8
He set Israel up. He planned what they would do to conquer the lands He had promised their ancestors. He even figured that they would need someone to lead them in the flesh, in Human form eventually. So God sent Moses to rest and had Joshua work with the people for a while. God told Moses and then Joshua what the people were to do. Joshua told the people and God’s people did it.
Once they knew what to do,
they had to do it.
But I say to you that for every idle word man may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement. For by your words, you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." Matt 12:36-37
The Word of God says that we will be giving account for what we speak. I am sure somewhere it says we are accountable for what we know. Once you know that Jesus died for you, you have the choice of receiving it or rejecting Him. In that same way once you know your purpose and God’s plan for you; you will either accept it or reject it. That’s basically it you know.
We choose to follow God, but then we also are choosing to follow what He wants us to do. If that means we are to go in and fight the Philistines of our lives, then so be it. God did not send anyone into battle with out going before them that His plan would play through.
So then stop!
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Sitting
around talking about what God wants you to do but get up and do it!
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Waiting
for God to push you out the door to your house to go speak to the neighbors.
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Looking
for a way out of it because of fear!
You
know that is what stops most of us from doing what God wants us to do. We are
afraid that it’s just us, or we are afraid its too hard for us. Sometimes we
are even afraid that maybe God had pointed to the person next to us and we just
accidentally got in the way of their promise.
After all, if we don’t do it someone else will just do it, right?
Not
necessarily so! If you do not go to tell that person on the street corner that
Jesus died for him maybe no one else will?
Or maybe by the time the other person gets around to it the person will
have hardened his heart, or been through so much trauma that they are damaged
for life? Do you want that on your account? I’m sure I don’t! I want to know
that I followed through on God’s plan for me!
We need to be sure that we are
speaking what God wants us to speak. We need to know that we have His Word in
our hearts and minds that when we open our mouth to speak to our neighbor will
come out. Let’s not waste time jesting and goofing around, there is work to be
done. There are so many lost and dying in our world, look around you today and
you will see at least one person you can speak to about the Lord. At least one.
Maybe you had discovered that your
purpose was more of a quiet behind the scenes type of service, that’s okay
there is a way for you to break forth and accomplish ground for the Kingdom
there too. Just do it, don’t be afraid. That did not come from an athletics
equipment company it came first from God!
He
said do not be afraid I am with you. He told the Israelites twice in that short
span, do you think He does not know you are scared? But he has made it okay,
God knows and encourages you to know that He is with you wherever He is sending
you to go. Whatever He has asked you to do; if it is to lead a nation into the
Promised Land, or to teach a child to read. He is with you. He will not leave
you nor forsake you.
God
says that from here to there! Jesus told us the same thing; that He would not leave
us comfortless.
You
are stuck with God! He will go before you, and He will be behind you as well
pushing you along to be sure you get the job done! What a support team! Let’s
get moving and stop wandering in the desert!
Heavenly
Father, thank you for taking me out of the desert and placing me in my Promised
Land. Lord I thank you today for directing me in where You want me to go and
for giving me a servants heart. I ask that you continually encourage me to do
Your will and not my own each day that I may do the things I should and not the
things I should not. Help me to redeem the time, today and tomorrow knowing
that You are with me in all that I do. In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested Readings for this
week;
Monday: 1
Peter 4-all
Tuesday: Peter 5-all
Wednesday: Luke 16-all
Thursday: John 14:19-31
Friday: Romans 14-all
Weekend readings: Deuteronomy 31-32-all