Are You Discouraged?

 

            Have you ever felt as though the Lord had a call on your life for a particular purpose and yet feel as though that purpose is never going to be fulfilled?  Have you ever just known in your spirit that something greater and more meaningful was on the horizon, yet it seems as though the hill you are currently climbing has blocked the view of the landscape?  Have you felt as though your day to day is not accomplishing anything for the Lord?  Well, I believe there is hope for all of us.

 I have been in those places and still sometimes feel overwhelmed by them just as anyone else.  As I was reading the devotional “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers this morning I was reminded that God doesn’t waste anything and that His call on all of our lives is never taken away or put on the back burner – so to speak.  No matter what you feel as though the Lord has put in your spirit to accomplish, God has a master plan that is far greater and higher than you or I can imagine or think.  Remember Moses?  He saw the oppression of his people in Egypt and came to the realization that God was calling him to be their deliverer.  He, in his own strength, tried to help God accomplish the deliverance by killing an Egyptian man who was taking advantage of one of the Israelite people.  Then, God sent him to the desert for 40 years until the pride and arrogance of Moses could be brought down to the place where Moses said, “Who am I that I should go?”  It took the Lord all those years to prepare Moses for the task He had ordained for him.  Do you think Moses was ever discouraged during that time?  Do you think he ever wondered about his people and family back in Egypt?  Do you think he ever questioned whether he had missed God’s call altogether?  I am sure that he did, but in those 40 years of shepherding sheep, Moses learned valuable lessons from God that truly equipped him for the task at hand. 

            I don’t know what God may be preparing you for or even what he may be preparing me for, but I have learned this.  That during the times in our lives where we feel as though our hum drum day to day has no meaning, God is working in us to accomplish His plan.  Don’t give in to the notion or idea that you have been put on the shelf.  Press into the Lord and continually seek His will and guidance for your life, and at some point along the way you will here His voice reviving that call once more in you for His purpose and glory.  He will complete the work in you that He began so long ago.  Keep seeking.  Keep listening.  Keep worshiping.  Keep going.  God is near and He is working.