Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day ( Monday 9/14/09)

Today’s Devotional Written By A Women With An Inspired Perspective:

Tracy Koweh

Are Your Spiritual Legs Tired Yet?

Exodus 19:5 (New Living Translation)

⁵ Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.

Today’s message in the music comes from the Five Heartbeats song “Baby, Stop Running”. The title pretty much says it all. The past few months a very close spiritual friend of mine has been running from a very serious call on her life. She told me Sunday that she has been running for close to 4 years, and she finally said Yes to God.

Her story is so dear to me, because I too have been running from the call of God that is truly on life. This past Sunday God spoke to my heart and clearly told me what ministry in the church I am supposed to be on. I called and shared this information with Lisa, and told her I didn’t think I was ready to say yes yet.

To say yes to God would mean a whole new level of sacrifice, obedience and life changes. To say yes to God would open me up to greater attacks from the enemy and my daughter. To say yes to God would require me to say No to my own agenda and desires right now, and I just don’t know if I am ready for that.

But God has showed me what saying No and running the past 4 years of my life has gotten me….and that’s completely off track. I’ve been going through life like I’m right where I’m suppose to be, but really I’ve been floating in the belly of a whale like Jonah. Although I’ll end up where I was going to be in the first place, how much of the non-sense would I have been able to pass up? How many broken hearts, sleepless nights, and tears shed would I have saved, had I just said Yes?

Saying Yes to God may open up the doors to greater attacks, but it also releases greater anointing to deal with those attacks. Saying Yes to God may require me to give up some things I don’t want to, but it will also trigger a desire in God to release His spirit of abundance and favor in my life like anything I can imagine.

Today as we prepare to enter into another week, let us take off our running shoes and rest in the plan that God has set for us. As Freddy Kruger would say………..You can run, but you can’t hide.