Stop Calling You by Your Past

Stop calling you by your past.  That is not how God sees you nor does He does he call you by it.  He calls you by the future plan that He has for your life.

When a child is learning to walk you don't focus on how many times they fall down, you focus on the step they took.  You rejoice over each and every step, closer and closer to walking on their own.

God is the same way; He doesn't focus on what you were.  What ever He called you to do is already ingrained in your DNA, you just need to start doing it.  You are going to make mistakes along the way, that is okay as it is a part of the learning process.  The more you do, the closer you are to getting there, just keep moving forward.  

Even if you don’t “feel” that you are, you are what God created you for. 

You a writer?  Keep writing page after page.

You a teacher?  Keep teaching lessons after lessons.

You a sewist?  Keep sewing stitch after stitch.

You a dancer? Keep dancing dance after dance.

You a singer?  Keep singing song after song.

Do you refer to yourself as those things that you are in the process of becoming? 

If God created you to be a writer, you are a writer. 

If God created you to be a teacher, you are a teacher etc.

It is not to brag to others, “Hey I am a writer.” It is to tell yourself, “HEY, I AM A WRITER!!!”  Whatever you believe, you become.

When you see a baby apple tree without apples you don’t say, “oh it is just a tree right now.”  No, it is still an apple tree.  It just hasn’t gotten to the stage of producing apples yet.

Whatever you are and whatever you are doing, be the best at it as you never know who God will bless through the things that you do, touch, say on a daily basis.

Even if you clean toilets, be the best at it, you never know who God will heal after they used the ones that you cleaned!

Let God do GREAT things with the simple things that you do. 

By the way He showed me that the more I move forward the further and further I get from my past - What a journey we are on with God, right?!?!

I have been listening to Abounding Hope and Joy a powerful teaching series from Steve and Wendy Backlund.  What a bountiful harvest of information that I have never thought about before. 

Last week I finally understood why or how we become righteous when we accept Jesus into our lives.  It took 17 times through the series to finally get it but it finally clicked.  The stadium lighting went off above this blonde’s head and angels were singing.  That was a simple concept that I really didn’t think about but was missing it nonetheless. 

The above is what I am taking away this week for my life.   I am not going to call myself by my past.  God told me that I am a writer and who am I to tell God that I am not?!?!

God said it, I believe it, and I AM GOING FOR IT!

How am I going about it?  Well, I am going to keep writing.  Blog post after blog post.  Page after page.  Story after story.  I keep writing. 

As I look at my book shelf – I see a full binder of blog posts and a second one started.  I see a binder twice the size of those filled with stories of my childhood and experiences.  There is even a fairy tale in that book that reminds me that even fairy tales have a layer to truth to them.

As I keep typing, blank pages become filled with what the Holy Spirit dictates to me.  He is the one with the talent; I am just the vessel He is utilizing for God’s purpose. 

You never know who may read what has been written but I know that God is using it for a bigger plan than I can ever imagine.  I just have to do my part by keep listening and typing.

I pray that as you go about your day doing whatever it is that you do, that you do it as unto the Lord.  That He uses what you do to bless others in ways that you can’t envision.   

I also pray that if you have a dream, even if it seems outrageous and unattainable that you start moving toward it.  God gave you that dream and He also gave you what it takes to make it happen.  Just start believing it and moving toward it.  Each step you take you will move closer to it and soon you will be running toward your goal making that dream a reality. 

Until next time, God Bless!!!