Have you given more yeses to God than nos? Imagine unknowingly giving God your final no and never being asked to do another thing. Imagine all those nos signaling to God that He can’t trust you. What is life when you can’t be trusted by God? As crazy as my life might look to others, God has always known that He could trust me.
“Move.” Okay!
“Start a business.” Okay!
“Quit your job.” Okay!
“Go back home and move back into your parent's house.” An unenthusiastic okay but an okay all the same.
My answer is always, “yes”. Not because I’m always sure of His plan. Not because it’s always
what I want to do but because I see the value in wrapping up seasons. So, if God tells me to
move along then I move along. And not for nothing, the adventure and curiosity of what could be is enticing. I love a good adventure. I love getting a word/assignment and running with it. Executing is my favorite part of the ‘yes’ and God knows that, so He typically makes it
interesting for me.
Don’t get me wrong, there have been plenty of times when I wasn’t interested in the
proposition, but I still said yes. I begrudgingly sat still for four years at my parent's home in my childhood bedroom and that entire four-year span consisted of me pleading to be released. After it became evident to me that He had no intentions to budge, I prayed a new prayer. I asked God that if He didn’t plan to change my location, He would change my heart. Give me a renewed perspective. Help me love that season so I could be more effective in doing His will. Like Solomon, I wanted to be effective in the space I was in but didn’t feel I had the tools to do it and the Lord blessed me with so much more than what I asked.
Those conversations produce collaboration and partnership allowing room for God’s work to be done both in you and through you. I’m sure I have missed the mark for God’s perfect will over my life, but He trusts me. God trusts me to move when He says move and for that reason, he continues to bless me with more opportunities to say, ‘yes’. And with more opportunities and more blessings, I get closer and closer to filling the gap between where I am and what I have been called to do.
Though I don’t know the date, eventually this season of my life will end. According to Paul,
there is an advantage of singleness. When one is single, one can wholeheartedly serve the Lord. However, once you create a family, there are other things and people you must consider. So, while I have the luxury to say yes, I will say it every time.
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