It's Not You, It's Me
Classic line.
When we are called to do something, there is no me. It isn't supposed to matter if its too hard, if its out of our comfort zone, we are just supposed to do it!
I am so tired of people making lame excuses! This is a bit of a rant, and I'm SURE that the reason it is so annoying to me is because I am being convicted of it as well.
When it comes to things that have to do with God (and lets face it, everything in your life should have to do with God) you just do it because you are being obedient. If God calls you to go to church somewhere, it doesn't matter all the reasons why you would never choose that church, because God chose it for you! If God calls you to teach a class, it doesn't matter all the reasons why you don't want to, because He wants you to. Sing a song in front of the church, lead a retreat, take a position... and for that matter, get a job, have a baby, buy a car... or not do those things!
Whatever God has called you to do, you do it. Not because its the perfect scenario because chances are its not going to be. You do it because you love Him, because you are His, and because He promised He would never leave you or forsake you, and you can take that to the bank.
Now as for me, I've got some things that I haven't been doing, or haven't been doing whole heartedly because I didn't want to.
Lets get personal here ;-)
I didn't go to church this morning. Our whole family slept in. It felt good, for a minute.
God has called me to be a member at Ferris Baptist Fellowship. No doubt about that. I am called into the children's ministry as well as a Sunday School teacher for the "Beginners" we call them. Almost every Sunday, I have the same sweet 3 kiddos... one of which is my own and the other two may as well be my own :-) And this morning, I didn't show up. Because I was too tired, and I convinced myself that I didn't want to get up and we all needed sleep more than we needed to go to church. What is one Sunday gonna matter? We are there almost every single Sunday. We won't miss much. Pastor is preaching through Proverbs so I can just find the notes on the Facebook page and read along in my Bible. The worship service is rocky some mornings, and sometimes I can't get into the old hymns, I can just worship at home and it'll be better music than at the church.....
Yeah, that was me this morning. Then I get to church tonight, and in our Follow Me study we are talking about the church. What does the church mean? Well its a body of believers, and not a building. A body has different parts that all work together, and when one of the parts isn't working, it affects all the other parts. My part wasn't working this morning :( I don't know who I let down, but God sure does. Excuses excuses.
So Lord, this is me apologizing. Trying to repent from being so darn selfish. I will strive to be obedient. I will strive to realize I can't do anything on my own merit. I will always need you. I can't teach that class on my own, I can't worship to those slow hymns on my own, I can't make disciples on my own... but I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me. So if you call me to it, I'm gonna do it.
Love yall, hope you are blessed by this blog. We're all struggling, but we are supposed to encourage one another, love one another, and bear one another's burdens. So I'm sharing in hopes that you'll realize you are not alone!
-Candi
When we are called to do something, there is no me. It isn't supposed to matter if its too hard, if its out of our comfort zone, we are just supposed to do it!
I am so tired of people making lame excuses! This is a bit of a rant, and I'm SURE that the reason it is so annoying to me is because I am being convicted of it as well.
When it comes to things that have to do with God (and lets face it, everything in your life should have to do with God) you just do it because you are being obedient. If God calls you to go to church somewhere, it doesn't matter all the reasons why you would never choose that church, because God chose it for you! If God calls you to teach a class, it doesn't matter all the reasons why you don't want to, because He wants you to. Sing a song in front of the church, lead a retreat, take a position... and for that matter, get a job, have a baby, buy a car... or not do those things!
Whatever God has called you to do, you do it. Not because its the perfect scenario because chances are its not going to be. You do it because you love Him, because you are His, and because He promised He would never leave you or forsake you, and you can take that to the bank.
Now as for me, I've got some things that I haven't been doing, or haven't been doing whole heartedly because I didn't want to.
Lets get personal here ;-)
I didn't go to church this morning. Our whole family slept in. It felt good, for a minute.
God has called me to be a member at Ferris Baptist Fellowship. No doubt about that. I am called into the children's ministry as well as a Sunday School teacher for the "Beginners" we call them. Almost every Sunday, I have the same sweet 3 kiddos... one of which is my own and the other two may as well be my own :-) And this morning, I didn't show up. Because I was too tired, and I convinced myself that I didn't want to get up and we all needed sleep more than we needed to go to church. What is one Sunday gonna matter? We are there almost every single Sunday. We won't miss much. Pastor is preaching through Proverbs so I can just find the notes on the Facebook page and read along in my Bible. The worship service is rocky some mornings, and sometimes I can't get into the old hymns, I can just worship at home and it'll be better music than at the church.....
Yeah, that was me this morning. Then I get to church tonight, and in our Follow Me study we are talking about the church. What does the church mean? Well its a body of believers, and not a building. A body has different parts that all work together, and when one of the parts isn't working, it affects all the other parts. My part wasn't working this morning :( I don't know who I let down, but God sure does. Excuses excuses.
So Lord, this is me apologizing. Trying to repent from being so darn selfish. I will strive to be obedient. I will strive to realize I can't do anything on my own merit. I will always need you. I can't teach that class on my own, I can't worship to those slow hymns on my own, I can't make disciples on my own... but I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me. So if you call me to it, I'm gonna do it.
Love yall, hope you are blessed by this blog. We're all struggling, but we are supposed to encourage one another, love one another, and bear one another's burdens. So I'm sharing in hopes that you'll realize you are not alone!
-Candi
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