If/when the Lord calls you to a task, He does so but not without first equipping you. It’s been said that God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called. If so, then there is absolutely nothing that He asks of us that is beyond our ability. That is a terrific relief…and comfort.
While we all tend to dissolve into the questions of: was it really God calling me to do this, or I don’t have the skills/talents to do what He asks, to how can I do what’s asked and all the other questions, the only real question is will I do what He asks. We can devise all sorts of obstacles to why it shouldn’t be me but the only real questions is – will I accept the assignment.
I suspect if everyone waited till ‘the time was right’ or stopped to count the costs or till all was prepared to accomplish the task then we’d still be back in the first century church. Stop for a minute and think what those 11 men plus others accomplished. It’s absolutely beyond them. And if they did stop to wonder if they were able, they also acted on what they believed they were asked to do.
What about you? Are you putting God off on a task that He’s asked of you? Have you forgotten that, “…we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10) Duly note that it is: good works, prepared, we should walk. Sounds like He has prepared the prize for us in advance and all we need do is to follow. We can’t get the reward without the walk. But… it is our choice.
