Availability

Sunday morning I was in my bed trying to sleep. I had already snoozed my alarm 2 or 3 times. I was so tired that each time I hit that SNOOZE I fell immediately back to sleep. Perhaps one could even say that I never fully woke up.

I was still sleeping- unaware of what program was on the tv that was still on from the night before- when suddenly my ears/heart were 100% open and I heard the preacher say,

"The Lord is not looking for our ability. He's looking for our availability."

WOW!! Was that for me? WHY did God wake me up at just that moment for me to hear the entire thought/phrase?

I laid in my bed pondering what I just heard and soon it was time for me to get up. As I got ready for church I kept thinking of what the Lord had told me and was examining myself to see if there is something that I'm telling God I can't do.

I shared with Mike what I heard and I even texted my parents in my weekly, Sunday morning text. Sunday night at small group I shared the brief story with them.

I don't know what it is. I'm praying that the Lord will make it clear if there is something He wants me to do that I don't think I have the skills for. I want to be open and willing to be used however He wants me to.

And I have considered that it wasn't for ME at all. Maybe it was for YOU!! Maybe the Lord wanted me to hear it and pass it on. So, friends, I will repeat what I heard Sunday morning and allow you to examine your own life and see if it is for YOU!!

"The Lord is not looking for our ABILITY. He's looking for our AVAILABILITY!!" 

Is there something that God is asking you to do that you are being stubborn about because you don't think you have the skills?? Or it might put you out of your comfort zone?