Take Possession of Your Land

I went to a Beth Moore bible study this morning. I just love listening to her. She has a way of making you think. But she also can make you laugh while doing it. She talked about taking possession of your land. It's kind of funny because some of the things she talked about today was what I discussed with my lifegroup last night. Last night I asked the women in my group what they felt like their ministry was. We are called to a ministry. That doesn't mean that everyone is called to be a pastor or to speak in front of millions of people. It just means that you are called to guide and help people in your everyday life. Sometimes people hear that they are supposed to reach large groups of people. So they look for the lime light and how to get in front of that large group. Maybe God is just saying they will speak to large groups of people one at a time. I do know that He will not overwhelm us. He will only give us what He knows we can handle. I watch people that are so busy looking for the "Big" thing that they miss out on the little ones God has put right in front of them. I've watched hurting people reach out to only be ignored because maybe they weren't important enough. Or maybe someone looked to them to be "too difficult" or "too gone to help".
Back to my lifegroup last night. I asked a particular woman what her ministry was and she said she didn't know. I told her I knew what it was. It was to help youth. I asked her if she would be willing to give her testimony last night. I knew it would be very difficult but she did it anyways. I was so proud of her. Her testimony includes a son that committed suicide. She didn't think that she was close to being healed enough to be used by God to help others. It broke my heart! Why do we think we need to be perfect to be called? I know from experience that God has healed me the most when I was ministering to other people. It's humbling and as words come out of my mouth, I hear them and know God is not only speaking through me but TO me as well. God does not call the equipped, He equips the called. We just need to be obedient.
So I'm asking you. What is YOUR ministry? If you are not sure, then think back to what your passion is. What excites you or what puts you to tears the most? Also what is your testimony? What have you went through and walked out of? God can use all of it! He created you to be destined to something. It's not just existing in life. It's not just walking through the motions of everyday life. It's making a difference. And YES - YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! All you need to do is take a step of faith and see what God can do. So I dare you - take possession of your land! The land of hurting people that need someone to love on them. They need someone to walk them through their "valley of death" and help bring them out. And that someone may very well be YOU. Don't be too busy or looking for that next big thing to notice. It takes being obedient in the little things to be able to move on to the bigger ones.

"We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it's not popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so. God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest—what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene." 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 (The Message)