Proverbs 30:27 AMP
The locusts have one more important lesson to teach us: Instead of following, lead the way! If you keep hoping someone will take you by the hand and tell you how it's all going to work out, you'll never get anywhere. "The locusts have no king [leader], yet they go forth." Note the word "go". Has it occurred to you that God may have called you to blaze the trail and set the pace? You've sat in church for years and heard all the sermons; now it's time to "cross the Jordan and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you" (See Josh 1:11 NIV).
But you say, "Nobody in my family has ever done anything like this before." Good, then you'll be the first! Who are you going to listen to? The voices of your dysfunctional past or the God who is saying to you, "Be strong and courageous.for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" (Josh 1:9 NIV). Having people think your ideas are crazy is just part of every success story. When God moves, He doesn't commission a focus group or call for a vote. No, He looks for somebody like Isaiah to say, "Here am I. Send me!" (Isa 6:8 NIV). Then He underwrites them, equips them and sends them out to be "The head, and not the tail.above only, and.not.beneath" (Deut 28:13).
And the people God uses are people He can trust with success; people who say, "My wings were too small to travel this far. It wasn't my flapping around that got me here, it was God."
SoulFood Reading: Eph 1:1 - 4:16, John 3:1-21, Ps 89:15-37, Pr 23:15-18
The locusts have one more important lesson to teach us: Instead of following, lead the way! If you keep hoping someone will take you by the hand and tell you how it's all going to work out, you'll never get anywhere. "The locusts have no king [leader], yet they go forth." Note the word "go". Has it occurred to you that God may have called you to blaze the trail and set the pace? You've sat in church for years and heard all the sermons; now it's time to "cross the Jordan and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you" (See Josh 1:11 NIV).
But you say, "Nobody in my family has ever done anything like this before." Good, then you'll be the first! Who are you going to listen to? The voices of your dysfunctional past or the God who is saying to you, "Be strong and courageous.for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" (Josh 1:9 NIV). Having people think your ideas are crazy is just part of every success story. When God moves, He doesn't commission a focus group or call for a vote. No, He looks for somebody like Isaiah to say, "Here am I. Send me!" (Isa 6:8 NIV). Then He underwrites them, equips them and sends them out to be "The head, and not the tail.above only, and.not.beneath" (Deut 28:13).
And the people God uses are people He can trust with success; people who say, "My wings were too small to travel this far. It wasn't my flapping around that got me here, it was God."
SoulFood Reading: Eph 1:1 - 4:16, John 3:1-21, Ps 89:15-37, Pr 23:15-18
