Matthew 9:37

“Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭9:37‬ ‭NKJV‬‬


For the past couple of days I've been reading Fresh Wind Fresh Fire and the Lord has been really speaking to me about my future. Coming here I wasn't really sure of what the Lord had for me in life, but I was pretty sure He was calling me to ministry. Now I still don't have a clue of where God is going to take me or how the Lord wants to truly use me, but reading Jim Cymbala’s book has been really encouraging. One thing that it has definitely shown me is that I don't have to be prepared for whatever the Lord has for me. Yes I should do my best to be prepared, but the Lord is going to be the one that leads my life, just as He did for Jim and his wife. It has also showed me how much that God has been working on my soul. He has been spiritually growing me so much and has been opening me up more and more every day. I've been so free to just be myself and I know that if the Lord is going to use me that I have to be the person that He created me to be and not someone I'm trying to be. He's also shown me how much I just want to serve Him. How I truly just want to live my life for Him. There are definitely things I want in life, but ultimately I want to be able to go through life always serving Him, and lifting up the name of Jesus. I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with Thalia, but if I’m not still living for Him, then what's the point? Life would eventually not be worth living. I want to serve my King who I know I will always have a purpose serving. He’s truly been showing me my giftings and how much He’s willing to use me. I've finally fully realized and admitted to myself how much I desire to be a pastor one day, and how I know in time He’ll allow me to become one. To me, there would be no greater honor in life than leading people to my Lord and Savior. I don't know how or why He’d use me, other then the fact that His grace is simply unending, and that the Holy Spirit would be my guide, and I'd never have to do it alone. For the rest of the week, I'm going to get up at 5:30 every morning, because if I am truly meant to be a pastor one day, I have a lot of learning to do, and I need to start devoting more of my time to studying and learning about my God.

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