Greetings!

Today, I have been thinking about how dedicated I really am to the work God has called me to. I know what I love to do, but I find myself almost sabotaging my own success. I find myself holding back when I should be pushing forward. Watching television when I should be working my craft…and I am on a quest to find out why.

I think that last night was a good start to discovering where I have been going off track. I went to our Women’s Ministry meeting where we have been studying the women of the Bible…starting with the Book of Esther.

I love looking deeper into God’s word, and finding new revelation. When we do that God reveals to us what He expects from us. The book of Esther in particular is so enlightening, because it shows how we can overcome any obstacle when we take our minds off our own comfort and do what God is calling us to do. Here was a woman who had it all. She was young, beautiful, and she had the favor of the king—and she gave it all up to save her people. She could have kept quiet. The king didn’t even know she was a Jew. She could have, but she didn’t. Why? Why would she jeopardize her own life for the life of others?

She did it—because it was her destiny. She was the one. She was chosen.

What that helped me see, was that every time I don’t do what God is calling me to…I short-circuit my destiny. That revelation is huge. I don’t want to get to the end of my life and look back on what could have been.

So, for the next couple of weeks I will share with you what God shares with me. That together we learn how to avoid doing those things that tend to keep us from the place God needs us to be. He wants to be able to depend on us…to know that we are more concerned with pleasing Him than we are in our own comfort. My hope is that in learning that--we all begin to walk into our destinies.

Until next time…

Be blessed!