I have indeed done this. I have told God that would like to better serve him by helping those who are need of things. I mean it is one thing if I didn't want to help the poor at all. Which thankfully, isn't the case here. It is completely another to want to help the poor but lack the will to carry out. I will have to trust God in his timing. I know when the Spirit really urges you to do something, it is very hard to resist him.
God sees your heart and knows your willingness to help so keep
surrendering your life to Him in all areas and trust that God is
preparing you for His purposes and glory.
Do not be anxious but instead trust that God is able to work out His
plan and purposes for your life.
I personally think that waiting on the Lord is one of the hardest things
we can do because we come to a place where we are willing to give
God our all and He dosen't act immediately as we think He should.
God sees the big picture so we must surrender even our zeal and desire
to serve Him into His hands so that He will have His way and we will not
be running around doing what we think is His will.
It really is a relationship God calls us to and not us being on autopilot
running out far ahead of Him and missing what He has put under our
very noses to do.
God loves you and He is very pleased to see your desire to serve Him but
even more than what you can do for Him, he desires your trust and a
deeper relationship with Himself.
Many miss this and so they replace the relationship with "doing God's work" but
God wants us to put Him first in all things, even what we can do for His glory.
Hope this helps....
Abide in Him and you will bear fruit, it is impossible not to
bear fruit as we grow closer to and abide in our relationship
with God in Christ...