Suppose you imagined in your heart that the Holy Spirit whispered in your ear these words: I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a (fill in a profession here)* to the people.
What would be your reaction to such a message?
Would your response be similar to the boy called to be a prophet in Jeremiah 1:6; “Oh no, Lord God! I don’t know how to speak since I am only a child.”
Prayerfully, I filled in the above blank with ‘writer‘. Then I added: Oh, Lord God, I’ve always wanted to be a prolific writer or blogger in the public domain. I love to write!
Suddenly, the next heavenly message I heard went like this! Sorry, my child, I don’t think you heard me correctly. What I said was; I chose you…not you chose you!
I provided and equipped you with skills and talents that are always to honor, reverence, trust and obey the subject matter I put before you which will enlighten and inform my people. See, I have appointed you over your tribe, clan, relatives and sojourners to be a pied piper to many soul searchers seeking after Me. So, stay focused, my beloved, as I order your steps for every Friday’s rendition of our conversations.
My Prayerful Mistake…
My confession of repentance is this; perhaps I should have inquired of the Lord as to what profession or special talent(s) He ordained for me instead of naming it myself. So often we are guilty of running ahead of God. And, no doubt we can end up on the wrong road to what we perceive as glorious.
My prayer…
Dear Heavenly Father, I no longer want to try to live the life that You have asked me to on my own. I want to be Your child who is led totally and completely by Your Holy Spirit.
Therefore, I beseech Thee to cleanse me and help me to surrender my life totally to Your control so that in the future Your Spirit can determine my actions as I strive to do Your bidding. In the Precious Name of Christ Jesus. Amen and Amen.
Scripture Lesson: So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:16, 25
(*) NOTE: Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet.
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Conversations With God Using Scripture 
Sister Sonja,
This was a soul searching word today! Lord, I pray to be led completely by the Holy Spirit and not by my own will.
Amen!
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You are right, my child. I had to start over several times as the Holy Spirit corrected my responses to His prompting. Sometimes it is painful to surrender all to God. Let’s continue to pray for each other. God bless.
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