I cannot
recall the times when growing up, I would say, "Jesus use me?" In my
thinking I could be a missionary, sharing the gospel to some foreign country
and helping others to learn to read and cook.
The Lord
saw a different road than the one I thought I'd take. My life was semi-easy
until the time my mother took her life, at which point I thought my world would
end. Still I would pray, "Jesus use me."
I've always
heard if you pray for patience then you will have to go through tribulation. I
wasn't praying for patience so I assumed my path wouldn't be one of tribulation.
I found out I was wrong.
It was the
words I was praying that caused me so much pain. I was saying, "Jesus use
me."
What commander
would send out his soldier to the battle field not knowing what the soldier was
to do?
That soldier
would be shot down and his body sent back to the United States in a casket the
first day. The military knows the value of preparing a soldier to know when to
retreat and when to fight. They know to prepare him and his unit for anything
that might come against them. The commander understands the value of boot camp.
My Heavenly Father, hearing my prayer, knew that
some Spiritual boot camp would be just what I needed. It was the very thing I
was resisting but the only thing that would prepare me for what he had chosen
for my life.
There have
been a lot of bumps and bruises but the training has served me well. It's the
battles I've fought and seeing God bring me through them that have strengthened
me and made me what I am today.
Be careful
what you pray. The Lord may see it's time to send you to Spiritual boot camp to
prepare your way.
Now the God of peace,
that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every
good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his
sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews
13:20-21)
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