Ordained by God?

For me, it happened over a period of time. It was at the time that I stepped out of church. I had made a decision that I no longer wanted anything to do with God. But God didn't see it that way. He wouldn't let me go, He was constantly at my side and reminding me of His goodness.

It was during this time that God spoke to me the most through the Holy Spirit. It was a constant daily fellowship. During this time is when He spoke, "If you just but open your mouth with my words, I will flock people to you" and "If you and your family follow me, I'll show you things you won't believe". I didnt understand fully what it all meant.

Soon after is when I started having dreams of preaching, and other various dreams related to preaching. At this time, I had started going back to church and was attempting to live for God. Somewere during this time I also had several vivid visions. When I say vivid, I mean like Isaiah 6 or some of Daniels visions in Daniel. This visions happened when I was awake, too. And in one of those visions I saw God sitting on the throne in the sky, and He spoke to me, "This is my ministry which I give to you" He touched me with His hand and I received something awsome. And I did not completely understand except that I had received Jesus' ministry.

That's when I first realy understood that God was calling me above the norm into preaching the word for Him. It took me 5 years to accept His calling. In my mind, I thought, "Who am I, that God would appear to me? I am no body."

I don't know exactly how God will unfold this ministry. Right now I'm following His leading in preperation. Preparing myself according to His will. I've found that day by day, one step at a time and in much prayer, His will is slowly unfolding in His time.

God is good.

well, im sorry i did not see this thread earlier, i would have replied earlier if i had.

well, i was a young man, about 16 years old.
i had been in church my whole life and tried to an extent to live right for god, but one time at a youth trip, i asked a man to pray for me that i would speak in tongues, because i had wanted to but never had.
he prayed for me and it happened, and i was baptised in the holyghost.
and from that moment forward my life was transformed, i was once a man who was thrown back and forth any thing that came my way, now i was a man who couldnt seem to pray enough... id get out of bed in the morning and fall to my knees and pray weeping, longing prayers to god, during school id open my notebook and write love letters to god, during construction class id walk away from the group and go into the woods or somewhere alone to be with god.
after i got home from school id go into my room and pray more and more, at night id lay in my bed for hours and cry and pray to god.
and a great longing came up in my spirit, to really know god, to know like a real person, for real, not just a god i can only talk about, but a god that would talk to me and i could talk to him, i wanted to really know him.... and i longed for this level of intamicy. i cried out for it night and day.
i wanted to be a man of god, like the men from the past.

and it wasnt long people began to prophecy over me and tell me things, that i was to preach and do many great things for god.
and at that moment god let me know i was called to preach,
it seemed like great men and women of god just seemed to come out of the wood work to tell me i was called to preach...

but beyond that the greatest confirmation is my own spirit, i long for it so much...
and really if it hadnt been for my disobedience i beleive i would be much farther than i am, but i am doing it right again, and i am on my way.
i am 20 now, and i am recieving the oppurtunities to preach in diffrent places, mainly my mens sunday school class.
but it is going...at god speed.

Sakamuyo:

Don't I know you? Pastors.com maybe?

Bill