Tuesday, November 10, 2015

ACE #404: What Are Your Hands Assigned to Do?

This is an excerpt from the Foreword of Alexandria's Light Women's Devotional Workbook: An Unexpected Journey of Self-Discovery, written by yours truly.

Last year, Nicole Stromberg shared with me that she was writing a devotional book.  I asked her, “What is this book going to be about?”  She began to share her thoughts about the vision that God had given her to help women of God.  I have known Nicole our entire lives and I never knew her to be a writer.  I remember watching her struggle in school with the learning disability, Dyslexia.  Back then, there were so many misconceptions about it. Having this reading disorder did not mean she was not smart; it just meant that she processed things differently than others.  I would later understand that what many considered a disability would ultimately be God manifesting a spiritual gift in her that would be probably less understood than the disability itself.

As she began to talk about this book from day to day, I let her know that if she was really serious, I would come on board as her editor because I truly believed in her vision for this project, but I certainly saw God working in her more and more in our conversations.  I told her that it would be a grueling process, often frustrating, and certainly time consuming.  Honestly, I had no idea what I had signed up for either. But I knew that God had put us on a path to “write the vision and make it plain” for women who were just like us.

On January 1, 2015, Robert and I promised God that whatever ministry assignments and requests came our way, our answers would be "Yes" and "Amen".  Here's the thing, when you promise God something, you better mean it.  We have had the busiest year...ever! God has stretched us in ways that have been grueling, uncomfortable and exhausting.  But here is the thing - we have no right to renege on our promises to God when He has never done that to us.

When God has assigned your hands to do something, be obedient!  The greatest work you will ever accomplish will be what you do for Him... 



 
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven”
(Matthew 5:14-16, NIV).
 
 

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