I remember in one of the reflections in Blackaby's devotional that our relationship with God grows through every hardship and tests of faith that we overcome then our mission will slowly unfold as we grow stronger in faith and our characters have been properly molded to handle what will be entrusted to us.
In spite of knowing what we are tasked to do, opinion of others sometimes make us reluctant and hesitant to obey our calling. We try to drown out the voice and prefer to listen to others who you think is more real, more normal and physically present. But in the end after a circuitous route we go back to where we should have started right from the start because we have to obey the voice of our shepherd calling us back to His fold.
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Belief requires the total surrender of conscious will to the will of the Holy Spirit. It is like being led by something invisible to somewhere you don't have any idea or inclination but going through it with complete submission, without hesitation like a lamb being led to the slaughterhouse but in different circumstances.
Being logical and trying to rationalize everything puts a stop to the will of the Holy Spirit. It cannot move freely with someone who has put up so many barriers in oneself. You have to be free of fear and doubts to enable the Holy Spirit to work freely within you.
Cast away all your fears and just believe. Don't judge your worthiness of being used as an instrument because I alone will choose who I will call to serve Me. Have faith in yourself before others will have faith in you. Your hesitation to do your mission will be sensed by others and they will not believe in your mission too.
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