Isn’t it the most wonderful thing in the world when you see something come to fruition that you had been asking God to manifest in your life? You say, God give me an opportunity to help someone. Bless me with a chance to show someone the way. Now what would you do if God put that opportunity in your lap? You know I have begun to make it a point to allow God to speak to others through me because I don’t want to say the wrong thing in my haste. You know the flesh will have you saying stuff that you know ain’t of God!! I have begun to not just give you God’s word in this blog, but to give you insight into my life as well. Here is the reason for me doing this…I want people to be able to see what God is doing in someone’s life. What I mean is, if you can see how God moves with someone else, it may help to increase your faith. God uses His children to impact the lives of others in many ways. He could very well use you at school, at work, in the grocery store or just anywhere you are when He needs to speak through you. I have run for so long from God because I was scared I would miss something out here in the world. How crazy is that? I was brought up in the church and strayed away. I figured that church was for the older people and all the kids did was get on the older folk’s nerves and then of course, at my old church, we would have a fellowship dinner every 3rd Sunday after service. Now, for a kid, that is the best!!! So, as I became older and learned more, I ran because I didn’t want to be what everyone said I was. I wanted to do the drugs with my friends and party until the wee hours of the morning. Not knowing that in my running, I was still gonna end up right where God had predestined me to be! Now that is extraordinary. In the past two weeks since I wrote the 1st “Different” installment, my life has began to change dramatically. I have stopped focusing on the negative so much. See, realize there will always be some negative somewhere because that is just how the devil operates. He wants to throw us off balance with Christ. Now, that I realize the truth in that matter, I can focus more. Two weeks ago, I had become a basket case in my circumstance and had gotten to the point that I wanted to end my own life. But what the devil meant for bad, the Lord will turn around for the good. I had to come to the realization that God was allowing some negative energy and negative people to be removed from my life so that I could focus on Him solely. At the time I just thought that I was a big joke to God. Have you ever felt like that? As if though so much has happened in your life that God just couldn’t possibly care about you? But what you have to understand is that without a test there can be no testimony!!! I understand now. It is amazing what God can do in two weeks to a person who has given up and given it to Him to take care of. I tell you, I don’t feel like the world is on my shoulders anymore. Now, don’t get me wrong….we are not perfect, we are only human. That just means that you will make some mistakes on your journey. You just have to stay focused on the greatest prize of all…Jesus!! The devil likes to get in your ear and tell you that God don’t care about you, He can’t possibly love you after the mistakes that you have made, He don’t want somebody as unpure as you. When that happens, you stand up and shout…THE DEVIL IS A LIE!!! (He will really hate that) God is always there and He will be there when you need Him. God promised that He would never put more on us than we can bear. I learned that lesson in the past two weeks, I mean really learned it. I know that the closer I draw to God the more the devil is gonna try to deter me and block my path. You know how I look at that situation, it’s just a test and I hate to fail. I need A’s across the board. I want to show God that I trust in Him. In my trusting Him, I must remain steadfast in prayer knowing that He has my back 100%. You know, I asked God to give me a chance to speak to someone and to be a light for them. I have always wanted to help people in some shape, form or fashion. I know that God has heard my prayers because of this blog. But let me tell you that God showed up and showed out today…..while I was at school. God showed up in my classroom today! He spoke through me not only to a couple of students but the entire class and the instructor!!! Now what do you say to that…..BUT GOD!! I knew he would give me an opportunity to help someone, but baby by the end of class I wanted to shout!!! He moved so fast and delivered that word through me in such a way that one of the students asked me for my number, the instructor let me put the website info on the board and others were speaking about how I had blessed them on this day. Baby, that wasn’t me, THAT WAS THE POWER OF GOD USING THE SITUATION TO SPEAK LIFE INTO THOSE STUDENTS!! I felt amazing. My spirit was just jumping for joy. I had to control myself. We had church in class!! Now that’s the God that I serve…He said in His word that where two or three are gathered in my name, there I will be and boy, did He ever show up. I thank God for allowing me to be His vessel today. I thank Him for giving me the mind to do right by Him. You see, life is never as bad as we think it is. There is a silver lining to every dark cloud and His name is JESUS!! I love calling on that name. JESUS JESUS JESUS
Don’t worry I will keep you posted on what God is doing and where I am going in Him. I want to do this to encourage you. I want you to know that no situation is too big for my God to handle. All you have to do is stop where you are, turn around and ask God to lead you. He will, I promise. He keeps me focused on the things that I need to do for Him and I know that as long as I stay focused, all is well. He will never leave nor forsake me. Oh how I love the name JESUS, it is the sweetest name I know. I hope that this has been a blessing to those who read. May this blog help you to realize that God is all you need. Peace & Blessings
