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The Key

Have you ever said something like, “Lord, if You will just tell me what you want me to do, I will serve You to the best of my ability”?  If God were to put you in that kind of assignment, could He trust you to handle it?  Are you ready to go to the next level of faith in God?…God knows the exact limits of your faith.

Our own hearts can deceive us (see Jer. 17:9).  We can often have a higher estimate of our faithfulness and trust in God than we should.  God is never fooled.  He always matches His assignments with our character and faith in Him.  So trust Him.  Don’t insist that God put you in a position you think you should have. Don’t strive to gain a position you think you deserve or can handle…Rather, trust Him and obey wholeheartedly where He has put you, and watch to see where He leads you next.

Remain faithful in what He HAS told you to do, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant it may appear.  God knows what He is doing.  Focus on deepening your communion with God, and out of that fellowship will inevitably flow effective service for God.

All the preceding words were taken directly from the book “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby.  It’s truly an amazing journey through what it means to know and do the will of God.  Every follower of Jesus should read it!

Romans 12:1-2

I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Jeremiah 17: 5-10

5This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.

7“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
8They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”

9The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10“I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”

By catalystshawn

Shawn is the founding Minister/Executive Director of Catalyst NW, launched in 2007. Before starting Catalyst, Shawn was a full-time Youth Pastor and Church Planter in traditional churches for 13-years. Shawn and his wife Marina live in Tualatin, OR, and are actively involved with Grace Chapel in Wilsonville. They have 2 adult kids who are their pride & joy, one funny little dog, and a cuddly cat.

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