Passing the Torch

This all started many years ago. Having received a call from God to do the work of the ministry, I setup to do just that. Having sold everything I had gained through the years, purchasing a travel trailer, I thought that I was ready to work for God. I quit my job, I closed many doors that I had open for me. And I sat there waiting to hear from the Lord. But I heard nothing..

Being young and not understanding how God works really confused me. I thought sure I had heard from the Lord. Now why would he not speak and tell me where I should go first? Who is waiting for me to come speak into their life? Yet still, I heard not a single word. Then I begin to wonder if what I heard was from God or not? If not, then what have I done? And if I have, WHY isn’t God speaking to me? Did I do something wrong?

As the time passed, I realized that I must go see if I can get my job back. If not, then get another one. Which was embarrassing because I had told people that I was going to minister and that is why I was quitting my job. You could see my dilemma. What was I to do?

After getting back to work, through the years, I have learned that just like Abram, God will call you out and tell you something. But he will take you through many challenges before you will be given the chance to do what he has called you to do. If I had known about this process sooner, I could have saved myself some anguish. And that is why God did not speak to me. He too wanted to save me from a lot of anguish and frustration. Being young and not having experience, I could not have known that.

With this calling on my life, I begin to understand some principles and things that was needed in my life that I did not have. One of them was the understanding that this is NOT my ministry. No matter what I do, I am not building my kingdom or my ministry. This is God’s ministry. The second thing that I had to learn is that I MUST be submitted to a pastor. A pastor in my life that I give permission to tell me “NO”. Someone that I can bounce things off of before stepping out, to make sure I do not do what I have done before and missed God.

So with this being said, I wanted you to understand, we MUST pass this torch to the one that it belongs too. It does not belong to me or you. This ministry belongs to GOD and Him alone. I am just a vessel that he wants to use to reach other. I am the visible of the invisible God. So pass your wants and desires to the King of kings and the Lord of lords and let HIM build his church.