I've had my eyes opened to an abundance of revelation during the month of October. One thing for sure is that I've accepted the call on my life to ministry. One of the reasons I've downplayed it and gave it other names was because of the rejection from the church. It did not matter if I was in a mega church or small church I was never accepted. However I found out this week that was by God's design, so I would continue to run after Him instead of man.
He is so loving that He will "hide you until the one who can afford you" comes through the door. I realize that statement has a two-fold meaning for my life but for now it speaks to my mentor. God hid me and allowed me not to be accepted until I was ready for spiritual mentorship. He needed me to be processed and broken a little deeper. Why? So when He released me to be trained my hope and focus stayed in Him. When the student is ready the teacher will appear....I know this for sure.
One of the things that have happened in the body of Christ is that we've begun to worship the gift instead of the giver of the gift. Which is why I'm so thankful that my gift is being released through a stripping of everything that does not line up with His will. The amazing thing about this is that most of us in the body won't stay the course of being processed long enough to experience what the end will be. We jump ship in the middle of the process because we don't want to go through anything...no pain, no revelation. Destiny costs and it's not free, if you haven't been through anything, died to yourself, been broken, rejected, slandered, thrown out with the dishwater- you can't tell me "nothing".
Everyone has an opinion about what is going on in and with our churches right now - I have none. Yet, my eyes are wide-open and I have not drunk the Kool-aid. What I am doing is purifying my own heart to make sure my life is lined up with His will. I chose to run after God, repent for all of my own sins as I cry out for the church. (We are the church and not the building)
I'm so blessed that no man told me what the call on my life was; yet it was revealed through studying and mediating on His word. The full vision for my magazine is clearer and I have no fear that every resource needed to bring it to fruition will appear. It no longer matters to me what others tell me about print being dead and the magazine industry not being what it used to be. When you have a God idea and the vision is downloaded through His mind, naysayers have no place in your ear. As long as it was my idea it was confusing words on paper...but now it's in my gut.
When I was younger I use to ask God why He gave the Jackson family all of the talent. I didn't think I had any talent because it was not blatantly obvious to me. However, I would not trade my life for any member of the Jackson family on any level. Look at what it cost to be who man told Michael Jackson he was. He died never fully knowing who he really was as he continued until death trying to perfect an image from someone else mirror.
I heard the call and I answered, Yes Lord. What about you?
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