God has been working with me lately to do only what He leads me to do. I am often burdened with trying to meet everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s requests and demands that I get overwhelmed and lose sight of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction.<\/p>\n
I was listening to a local Pastor on the radio recently. He was talking about following the Holy Spirit in everything we do. He commented that there will always be needs as long as we walk this earth. We are not called to meet everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needs. We are called to follow the Holy Spirit in meeting the needs God has prepared for us to meet, at the appointed time.<\/p>\n
As I talked about last week<\/a>, we each have a calling (a purpose) in life. Psalm 139:15-16 says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n God has ordained all the days of our lives. He has certain things prepared for us to do. And He has designated times and places for us to do those things.<\/p>\n If we are not following the Holy Spirit where God designated us to be, and we are not doing the things He has prepared for us to do, we will be laboring in vain and not see our labor produce a harvest.<\/p>\n I have met many demands and requests through the years. I can look back and recognize which times the Holy Spirit wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leading me. Those times were a burden. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any joy in my labor. And I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see my labor produce any good fruit in my life or the lives of others.<\/p>\n Jesus said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good–not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u201dMatthew 11:28-30, AMP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I know when I am following the Holy Spirit and when I am not. \u00c2\u00a0When I am following the Holy Spirit, the task may be hard work, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel burdened. I feel at peace and I have joy in my laboring. I feel empowered and I have confidence that Jesus is walking beside me carrying all the weight. But when I run off and try to do something on my own, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have Jesus there to carry the weight. The burden is all on me.<\/p>\n We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to everyone. We only have to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to Jesus and follow and serve Him.<\/p>\n Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u201d John 12:26, NLT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I get emails from ministers, mainly from overseas, asking me to help with their ministries. I am learning that even though these people may have pure intentions, and I sincerely want to help them, the devil uses those opportunities to try to pull me off course from the mission God has sent me out to do. I recently had back down from a commitment I made because it was taking up most of my time and I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t doing the things God originally told me to do.<\/p>\n People may not be happy when we tell them \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but we are helping them. They have a calling as well. If God is not asking us to meet their needs, that means He has someone else designated to help them. We will be hindering God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan for them if we step in and take over.<\/p>\n I learned this lesson through my journey to publishing. At first I would get frustrated every time someone wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help me. I quickly learned that God had certain people planned to provide help in the areas I needed at designated times. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to push anyone to help me. God already had people prepared to help me willingly. I had to look to God for my provision, not to others.<\/p>\n If you are burdened today, ask Jesus to carry your load. Whatever He is not leading you to do lay it down, walk away from it, and follow the Holy Spirit. He will take you where He needs you to be.<\/p>\n ****************************************************************************<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n **Prayer for the week<\/em><\/strong>**<\/p>\n Heavenly Father,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We praise You that we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. Jesus already did that for us. Help us to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the things that lead us away from Your Spirit. Help us to only follow Your Spirit and meet the needs You have ordained. Help us to walk in Your path daily. When we stray from Your path, thank You for always bringing us back on course.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 precious name, Amen!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0****************************************************************************<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n *If you have never accepted Christ as your Savior, please click on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SALVATION\u00e2\u20ac\u009d tab at the top of the website. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait another day!<\/p>\n *Come back next Monday as I share more of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Truths and the reasons behind the Truths.<\/p>\n *All Bible verses are taken from the NIV, unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" God has been working with me lately to do only what He leads me to do. I am often burdened with trying to meet everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s requests and demands that I get overwhelmed and lose sight of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction. I was listening to a local Pastor on the radio recently. He was talking about following the Holy Spirit in everything we do. He commented that there will always be needs as long as we walk this earth. We are not called to meet everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needs. We are called to follow the Holy Spirit in meeting the needs God has prepared for us to meet, at the appointed time. As I talked about last week, we each have a calling (a purpose) in life. Psalm 139:15-16 says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” God has ordained all the days of our lives. He has certain things prepared for us to do. And He has designated times and places for us to do those things. If we are not following the Holy Spirit where God designated us to be, and we are not doing the things He has prepared for us to do, we will be laboring in vain and not see our labor produce a harvest. 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