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accomplish and therefore look
for ways to justify their ideas to
turn it to thinking it is what God
wants. The blinders need to be
taken off and perceived expectations must be put aside to hear
the voice of God in our hearts.
God is speaking to us. His plan
is sure. He will use us for His
purpose if we simply shut up and
listen for Him. Some may not be
called to change populations at
large, or feed numerous people,
but may be called to help people,
one person at a time.
what the world expects from
us or are scared to step out in
faith and leave the world behind.
Whatever it may have been or is,
God is put aside. His will for us is
lost so we can fit into the world.
What God wants for us may seem
so unachievable that it becomes
a roadblock in fulfilling that purpose. This is when we need to
trust the Lord for our vision and
purpose and step out in faith. The
financial advisor tells us to make
more so we can save more for
a comfortable retirement at the
golf course gated community.
Fear is a large part of why we We are pressured by others to
don’t move forward for God’s keep the job we have, regardvision of our purpose put on our less of, for loyalty to the comhearts. Proverbs 29:25 (NIV) pany or the retirement package
tells us, “Fear of man will prove given after decades of service to
to be a snare, but whoever trusts them. To give up on a career we
in the LORD is kept safe.” When thought was good after years of
we have fear or fear mere man, investment in education and of
i.e. those living in the world, we time is frowned upon, no, is conwill not accomplish God’s vision sidered insane because people
He has put on each of our hearts. are expected to “stick with it” to
Fear can overcome the voice of achieve what is considered right
God in our hearts and minds. If and proper in the world. We are
we don’t trust the Lord, out of molded by the ungodly society to
fear of failure or inadequacy, fear what we perceive as good
we can find ourselves walking prac tices for our lives. Notice I
away from the vision He has for said “our lives” and not “His will.”
us to complete. Why does this Living to society’s standards is
happen? One reason is we let the so ingrained in us we fear any
fear of not conforming to society, type of change and we somebecause society expects us to times freeze because we cannot
seek worldly achievements, not discern God’s voice from our
God’s purpose. You may want to own or separate society’s barbe financially well off, get a big raging of our minds from God’s.
house, a nice car, a sure retirement fund, etc. This is what we Mark 11:23 (NASB) says, “Truly I
are expected to do according to say to you, whoever says to this
society’s assumption of what is mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast
acceptable. So, we seek the into the sea,’ and does not doubt
things to get us ahead in this in his heart, but believes that
world. Our hearts may say to what he says is going to happen,
pursue such and such for God’s it will be granted him.” We folpurpose but we pursue another lowers of Jesus have mountains
thing because we were pushed in our lives. No one is exempt
by our parents or drawn in by from this. If it were so, the Bible
would say such. Because we
are a fallen race, we are prone
to doubt and will find times when
we lack the trust we should have
in God. Is your mountain not
having continual trust in God?
Is it not being able to let God
take charge of your life? Maybe
it’s knowing what God wants
from you but it seems so impossible that you don’t take the first
step in the journey mapped out
for you. Some will misapply
this verse to be applicable to
the world. Want an expensive
car? Some claim if you abide
and believe in this verse you
will achieve the expensive car
or attain the wealth needed to
buy it, i.e., the prosperity gospel
trend. Poor application of this
verse sets people up for failure
and giving up on God or focusing on worldly desires instead
of spiritual desires. This verse
is focused and scoped for those
things of God and for God. If it
weren’t true, I can greatly desire
some worldly and ungodly thing
and it would be granted to me,
right? Don’t twist this to get
worldly items. The verse is for
our spiritual hope and trust in
God.
Related to what God wants from
us, if we truly believe and don’t
doubt in our hearts that God will
reveal to us what our purpose for
Him is, then it will happen on His
timeline, not ours. If we have no
doubt and trust God, those wills
for us that seem so opposite or
impossible to accomplish, will
be thrown into the sea and God
will make the path clear for us.
We may see the path ahead of
us, but not around the bend or
over the hill ahead, but if we cast
aside the mountain of doubt,
God will deliver. Trusting in the