You Greatly Emboldened Me

When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me. ~ Psalm 138:3

I’ve been given a lot of opportunities to practice asking God for help and waiting for Him to give me the words to speak.  In these times of practice, there are some things I’ve learned.  1) He doesn’t reveal everything to me beforehand.  He’s building my faith.  He asks me to ask Him for help and then trust that He will give it.  Each time He does, it increases my faith. 2) The words aren’t always what I would have chosen.  Lately, I’ve been using the visualization that I’m an ant and God’s an elephant.  An ant can’t possibly see as far as an elephant and so has to trust the elephant for best direction. 3) It’s on His timetable, for His purpose and His glory.  This is probably the most important of the three, as it releases me from feeling like I have to be in charge and in control of it all.  A couple months ago when the Holy Spirit “poked” me and said, “Speak up,” I didn’t want to and was afraid to.  But He continued to “poke” me until I did finally build up the courage to speak up.  Looking back on it, I’m glad I did.

What is God challenging you to do?  In what areas is He “poking” at you and saying, “Speak up”?  Trust that when He does this, it’s not for your detriment, but for His glory.

But make up your mind not to worry…For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. ~ John 21:14-15

©Heather Potts