Called to Get In & to Get Out

We hear sermons preached frequently about being called IN TO something but we do not often hear about being called OUT OF something. I wonder how many pastors that have fallen into temptation were told by God beforehand to leave the ministry? I am not saying that God knew they would end up in an affair but I am saying that disobedience does lead to multiple problems.

Think about it: Let’s say that in God’s still small voice, He said, “You need to leave your job.” The person says, “What? This cannot be God’s voice! I am doing great in my job. I just got a raise and I am now at the top of my field. God would never want me to do that.” So you ignore the instruction. Next thing you know, you are out of a job. Wouldn’t it have been better to leave in faith than to be fired? Wouldn’t it be better to quit out of obedience than to fall into disobedience?

Bobbye was telling me today that this exact scenario happened to her. She was not trained to hear the Lord yet but she knew God told her to quit her job over 12 years ago. She was at the top of her career and making a six-figure salary with lots of bonuses and perks. Bobbye ignored the voice of the Lord and ended up very sick…for a few years. After telling the Lord, “I give up…” her life began to change and healing began.

There are times that we just do not want to change course but it is through the change that God brings healing through new opportunities and new ways of thinking. I know that the Lord wants a change of course in me too. I can kick and scream and make excuses but deep in my heart, I know what I need to do.  So, I prayed and asked God for confirmation. He led me to Abraham in Genesis 12:1:

The Lord had said to Abram, “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.”

 God told Abram to Get out. He was not in sin in his country but he would have ended up in sin by staying there. He had no direction or instruction of where to go. He was just told to leave.

Many of us do not want to hear from the Lord because we are then accountable to do what He says. The door of obedience swings both ways…In To and Out Of.

Here we go…one step at a time!   Tonilee Adamson

Bible Study e-books

President Obama won the elections by proclaiming that he would bring positive change thus, providing hope to the American people. And with his ability to reach the on line world, Obama was also able to reach the generation that was seeking opportunity.  He had all the right components at the right time to gain the Presidential platform.

The elections seem to be like every other interviewing process. Many times we make promises in interviews that are unattainable when receiving the job.  There are a variety of reasons for this and none of those reasons necessarily point to incompetency however, how could one man realistically be responsible to bring change and hope to the masses in America? Moses didn’t even pull that off and under his leadership, he did bring about complete change and absolute hope for freed-slaves.

People today are looking for answers and are finding themselves without hope in desperate times. We need personal direction and we need individualized wisdom. These things are not found in a world leader but through a relationship with God. Only God can reach into our hearts and give us hope and change that is real, fresh and powerful. But how do we reach God in a personal and intimate way?

When we speak to God, it is called prayer. God speaks back primarily through the Bible. The more we are in the Bible, the more direction, wisdom and hope we will receive.  When Spirit connects with spirit, then bone and marrow are divided and peace and hope are attained.

Daily Disciples Ministries have been promoting and providing on line Bible studies or Bible study e-books. These studies make it easy to read the Bible to receive God’s wisdom and hope for change. Many people are ordering the Bible studies on line and writing testimonies like this: One gal wrote,   “And thank you for making these lessons available on line.  They have been extremely eye-opening to me — making me more aware of how God is listening to me always and is always a part of me– everyday guiding me, answering prayers (even small everyday things) — and reaffirmed decisions I needed to make in the past were God’s answers — that HE was always there if I listened, and I shouldn’t have felt I had to do this alone.”  L S

The Bible study e-books are easy, economical and accessible as they are right at your computer. Daily Disciples made their Bible studies into e-books so people could easily find study tools that help them have a fulfilled relationship with God, bringing true change and hope.  Like Obama, Daily Disciples has connected with people on line and they are becoming the forerunners of bible study e-books. For more information on downloading these studies, go to http://Dailydisciples.org/study.html

Follow the directions to buy on line and then press print. You will receive an unbelievable resource right there in your printer.  Hope and change starts here with us and continues throughout eternity.