You Will Run

There is a grace God provides after you have willingly stepped into obedience to what He has asked you to do.

What seems for others to be  a burden if they had to walk in your shoes, comes to be fulfilling and somewhat easier for you. This is because you have the grace to do what’s been asked of you. It is also because God has provided you different seasons in your life that has helped to train and prepare you.

Discovering what the Lord has created you to do is also its own journey. For myself, I’ve leaned towards the skills and talents that came easier for me naturally and grew in those areas. Over time I discerned gifts the Lord gave me as I felt His grace on me, allowing those gifts to flow.

And even though there’s a grace on us to do what’s been asked of us, there is still a responsibility on our part to put into practice those gifts. If we believe by faith that God has placed within us certain giftings, then it is by our faith that compels us to do them.

The other day I looked at my full calendar, and feeling the weight of a busy schedule, I began to feel overwhelmed. Feeling overwhelmed is something I’ve struggled with since burning out serving the Lord overseas. My brain is just trying to protect me from re-experiencing that burnout and I’m fully aware of it.

But this is a different season for me and a season of stepping into deeper purpose. So I cannot allow my emotions, and my brain’s attempt at protecting me, to hold me back from what I know God has given me grace to do.

And I hear the Lord say, “You will run and not grow weary.” All of the promises He has spoken to my heart for this season, and found in His Word, come to mind.

We each have our own obstacles to overcome as we walk out this life of obedience, but we will overcome them. One day we might have a victory high like Elijah on Mt. Carmel, seeing amazing things of the Lord, and the next day find ourselves fleeing for our lives from the threats of a Jezebel, also like Elijah.

But it doesn’t mean His grace isn’t on us. It does mean we are human and we have a real need to rely upon our God to remain faithful and obedient to Him.

You will run and not grow weary.