get by with blowing your own horn before God.”5 (emphasis added) Humanly, we can expect “the brightest and the best and the influential” to be used; after all, that is what we see regularly in the world’s culture. So it comes as somewhat of a shock to us “nobodies” when we hear God’s voice speaking to us these promises. We can experience the same emotional rush as if we were picked first by the jock team captain. Because of how we see ourselves, the promises of God are seen as an awesome blessing. Yet many times, down the road a bit, it can become a source of irritation and major frustration. Why? Because I didn’t ask for this. Yes, I was hungry for more of Him, but I was looking for answers to other questions. Now my life is consumed by his promise. My whole paradigm of living for Him has been forever altered by his words. I cannot go back to how I used to think, yet it seems I still cannot go forward.
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