ENCOURAGEMENT >> STILL IN PREPARATION
Still
In Preparation
Author: Bob
Gass Ministries
" . . . I urge
you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received."
Ephesians 4:1
God will never give you a vision that you can fulfill alone.
He'll bring
others along side to compensate for your weaknesses. When He
told Moses He
was sending him to speak to Pharaoh, Moses said, "I am not
eloquent . . . I
am slow of speech . . . " (Ex 4:10) Have you ever tried
explaining to God
why you couldn't do something He had already decided you could
do?
When God gives you a vision, He'll give you the right plan, the
right
people, and the right schedule. He gave Joshua to Moses to be
his personal
assistant; He also gave him Aaron and Hur to hold up his hands;
and Jethro
his father-in-law who saved him from a leader's most dreaded
fate - death
by
administration. (Ex 18:24-26) Finally, He gave him 70 leaders
who'd caught
his spirit and would enable him to complete the work. (Num
11:16,17) God
may
not always give you what you want or what you expect, but He
will always
give you what you need, if you'll only trust Him!
Nineteen years ago when I moved to Georgia and my office was in
my garage,
God gave me Liz Hill. She came as a volunteer and worked without
wages.
Even
though she's now in her 70s, she can still do the work of two
people half
her age. She's walked with me through the biggest storms of my
life and
become an indispensable part of my ministry team. I may plant
the seed, but
it takes Liz, Tommy, Susan and Farrah, my faithful staff, to
water it,
fertilize it, protect it and help gather in the harvest. You
can't do it
alone, so don't even try.
(c) Bob Gass Ministries 1999 (used by permission)
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