Challenge

Gave my testimony at church today. All week I prayed God would send people that needed to hear what He had to say through me. He did just that. I saw faces that I haven't seen in quite awhile. I'm confident that God is going to use what I said to help change someones life. The thing I'm more excited for is to allow people to watch me 'walk out' what I shared with them today. If my words and actions don't match up there is no use...I would just be waisting my breathe. What would be the point? There would be none.

I want Jesus to look good on me. I want Jesus to look attractive. I think so often people are turned off to Jesus because we make him look so bad. Who wants to serve a boring God? No one wants a stain glass Jesus. No one wants to walk on egg shells all the time and constantly be looking over there shoulder to make sure there doing the 'right thing'.

I don't know about you, but I serve a God who is nothing but boring. I serve a God I can be myself around. A God I can spill my guts too and He still loves me and wants to hang out with me. That's the kind of Jesus this world needs to see. And that's the kind of Jesus I want to show them.

The enemy was out to get me all week. He tried to distract me like no other. He put all types of fears and worries in my mind. I'll admit, at moments I gave into his plan. In fact, I spent the majority of my day Thursday in such a fog that it was difficult to function at times. But I didn't give up. I knew that he didn't want me to share my testimony at church, but I was determined not to let him stop me. The things he pressed on me pushed me to pray more and seek harder. I think he finally got to the point where he knew he wasn't going to get my spiritually or emotionally...so he tried physically. All day Saturday I had a sore throat and a runny nose. Doesn't work well when your going to speak in front of a crowd. BUT I didn't let that stop me either. Sunday morning he tried again to attack me and discourage me.

The enemy has already been defeated.The only power he has over my life is the power I give him. And trust me he will take all he can get. This week I gave him an inch and he preceded to take a mile. Thankfully God stepped in and reminded me that I don't have to allow Satan to do this too me. I remained faithful and obedient and I believe God is going to honor that. I did what I was called to do and the rest is up to Him.

Looking forward to the coming days. I feel so blessed to be able to watch His hands work and be apart of His masterpiece.