How many of you have been told by God that you were destined for a calling?  You went through the steps of walking in that calling until Satan started to  shame you with your personal struggles, and what your present reality is, rather than God’s truth.  That is what has happened to me as well.  When life’s disappointments begin to scream at us from every direction known to man, we start to second guess what it is that God already promised us.  As a matter of fact, when God spoke your calling over your life, the promise was so strong, that you could feel God’s peace over you.  

God is not a liar.  His word will not return unto him void.  However, we are not in charge of the timing.  But, because we don’t see God’s promise coming to fruition right away, we allow the enemy to shame us with doubt and negative views of God.  We detach ourselves from seeing his provision, faithfulness, and goodness while we wait. 

David was on the run from Saul.  He decided to go to the King of Moab and request for his parents to stay with him: “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?”   1 Samuel 22: 3. David was discouraged because of Saul’s pursuit of him.  In this discouragement, he started doubting God’s goodness and promise.  God had already elected him as king.  Somehow his being on the run had caused him to forget that.

“When we push to do the calling God has on our lives, we are rebuking the enemy when he tries to shame us with the weight and reality of our current struggles.” 

Katina Horton

We become cynical, forgetting that God is on a different timetable than ours.  When we are pushing, we are moving beyond and expanding past the point of our limitations.  This can only be done with the help of God.  When we push to do the calling God has on our lives, we are rebuking the enemy when he tries to shame us with the weight and reality of our current struggles.

Sometimes pushing means that we ignore other peoples’ comments about our actions being ridiculous when we know what God has promised.  Even Jesus had to rebuke Satan when Peter tried to interrupt the process of Jesus going to the cross for our sins.  Jesus knew his calling and purpose.  Peter just didn’t get with the program.  Sometimes when nobody else will, we have to encourage ourselves in the Lord.

Blessings,

Katina