I sing for the Lord and I really love it, but I wish I knew if I was called to do more. Is there anyway to tell?
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Wow, if you sing, then sing with all your heart to God! I'm a horrible singer.
If you are called to do more, then He will let you know. But you can always take the initiative and do more without waiting for Him to tell you.
If you are called to do more, then He will let you know. But you can always take the initiative and do more without waiting for Him to tell you.
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HAHAHA.... my room mate SUUUUURE aint called to sing.
and its a bit unnerving.
but hey, im not either.
whats the Lord put in your heart?
is it in your heart to do more? then theres probly more there.
but God will always talk to you and tell you what he wants from you and what he has for you.
im not exactly sure, so im still praying about it, but im pretty sure God has told me who my wife is supposed to be. AND IT IS NOT... WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS! sooooo not who i thought it was.... but really, IM HAPPY AND I WANT THIS TO BE GOD! im almost sure, but not yet.
but God will tell you things like that if you stay in prayer and be open to hearing from him.
and its a bit unnerving.
but hey, im not either.
whats the Lord put in your heart?
is it in your heart to do more? then theres probly more there.
but God will always talk to you and tell you what he wants from you and what he has for you.
im not exactly sure, so im still praying about it, but im pretty sure God has told me who my wife is supposed to be. AND IT IS NOT... WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS! sooooo not who i thought it was.... but really, IM HAPPY AND I WANT THIS TO BE GOD! im almost sure, but not yet.
but God will tell you things like that if you stay in prayer and be open to hearing from him.
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plmarquette
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the priests and singers led the armies of God to conquor the promised land ...whisper_dishmon said:
the singers usher in the glory of God
the singers prepare the heart of the faithful to receive
what , no matter how tired you are ...
can you still look forward to doing for God ...
there in , lies part of your gift and call
be blessed
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Count
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I really hate answering such questions made in the forum! The reason is that in ten answers we will give twelve opinions, with the result of confusing the one who asks, instead of clarifying him.whisper_dishmon said:
Getting to the point now, I would say that yes, you are called to do more and you know what is it? He has called you to love Him more! After you have learned to love Him, He will call you to love Him even more, and after this, and after this, and always He will call you to love Him more and more untill the day you will die.
Don't think that your love is defined by your deeds! Yes, your deeds will come as a result of your Love for Him, but not all deeds come out of love. You can sing and you do this out of love for Him, and some other can evangelise the whole world, but has lost his first love for Him. You are much more precious in His eyes.
I say to myself and you, let us learn to sit in his feet and hear from Him, as Maria did, let us learn to love Him with all our hearts.
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Oh, I've just noticed that you are only 15 years old. I beg you in His name, please don't lose your love, your first and pure love for Him whatever happens. Do not make the same mistake that most of us have done. And......if really the Lord has called you to work for Him, that will be at least only after 15-20 years sitting in His feet.
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I dont understand, are you saying that God will only let me do a work for Him if I have been saved for 15-20 years?
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No I don't say that. First, I say: if you are really called as a worker, and second, I don't say if you have been saved for 15-20 years, but if you sit for such a period in His feet.whisper_dishmon said:
There is a huge difference between doing some work for God and being His coworker, and there is also a huge difference between having been saved for 15-20 years and sitting in His feet for those years, that is, getting to know Him in a deep and experienced way. There are people who have been saved for more than 20 years and are still babies in faith.
Let me try to explain the difference between being a worker and doing some work. Let have a look at the church. Let's suppose that you are a member of an organic church. The church is the body of Christ, and as such, she is consisted of members. Somone is the ear, some other is the hand and some other the foot. You are some part of this body, let us say the right hand. If the church function properly, you, in a spontanious way will do in the church and for the church what is the hand supposed to do.
We don't say that in order for the hand to function properly it has to grow up and only 15 years later will the hand be able to work. As in a newly borned baby which has head, eyes, ears, hands, feet etc, so with you in the church. Of course the hand of the baby doesn't make complicated things, such as writing or feeding itself, but it is still a complete hand. So with you in the church, I repeat, if you meet with a group of christians, and share everything together, you can function there as a hand, you are going to function as a hand according to your spiritual age. At first you can only gesture, or hold toys which continually drop down, (and this would be natural for you) but later with the years you will be able to do more difficult things for the sake of the body. This is the natyral way of you working in the church and for the church, from the beginning, that is, from the day you were born again.
Now, as to have been called as a worker. This is completly a different thing. According to the New Testament, the worker is the one who plants churches or accompains the chuch planter wherever he travells. Paul, Barnabas, Peter, Timothy, Silas, Aristarchos, Titos, Aquila and Prischila and others like them were workers according to the New Testament. They planted churches, or helped the churches to grow up properly. This is being called as a worker. And I say it again, if you are called to be a worker, (sth. that of course you do not know now), it is for sure that you are going to wait a long, long time before God lets you go to the field.
I deeply apologise if I have confused you more.
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youll have to forgive me, and i dont have any problem with you, but i really dont agree that it takes 15 to 20 years in order to reach maturity in christ to be what you call a "worker".
my pastor wasnt an evangelist or even in the work of the Lord i dont think, for 15 years before he became our pastor. (you could doubt his maturity in christ but youll never convince me of it).
there was a man named john lofton, he taught my mens sunday school class, and i myself have to say that i think im pretty aware of whats around these days, and john lofton had to be one of the most powerful profound men of God that i have ever enounctered, and hed only been saved for 2 years at the time.
and i really cant think of any scripture that says it takes a Long long time to become mature enough to pastor or plant a church, the bible just says that you have to make fool proof of your ministry, but it doesnt say how long thats supposed to take.
paul got born again, and it didnt take 15 years for him to start changing the world. and it didnt take the disciples that long either.
i understand that new born babes in the faith are not in a position to do that sort of thing, but it doesnt have to take a LONG LONG time.
it comes as fast as well climb, and as easily as well allow the holyspirit in.
the disciples had only known Jesus for about 3 years, and they made all kinds of mistakes up untill his death, but Jesus spoke unto them again and just said "go, feed my sheep, those who shall be believe will be saved, etc etc..."
and it didnt take them 15 years to go and do this. they began to doit immediatly, and these werent bible experts, these where fisherman.
God will use whoevers willing and available.
i remember a story of how some little children had heard a preacher say that they could lay hands on the sick and if you believe theyll recover, so they thought theyd try it and went into a hospital and healed just about everybody!
and the people asked them why they stopped and they said "well we wanted to go do something else" CHILDREN!
they bible experts of today try their whole lives to do that kind of thing, and they still never do!
i know healing the sick and pastoring a church are 2 diffrent things, but wisdom and power to pastor a church is no less the power of the holyghost, its when you begin to think it comes from seminary and bible colleges and is found in the realms of our intellect that you make it a 20 year process.
solomon became the wisest man who ever lived besides Jesus, in a matter of hours. becuase it was the power of God not his great learning or experience.
healing the sick comes from the anointing, but so does pastoring a church.
ya know?
youll have to forgive me, and i dont have any problem with you, but i really dont agree that it takes 15 to 20 years in order to reach maturity in christ to be what you call a "worker".
my pastor wasnt an evangelist or even in the work of the Lord i dont think, for 15 years before he became our pastor. (you could doubt his maturity in christ but youll never convince me of it).
there was a man named john lofton, he taught my mens sunday school class, and i myself have to say that i think im pretty aware of whats around these days, and john lofton had to be one of the most powerful profound men of God that i have ever enounctered, and hed only been saved for 2 years at the time.
and i really cant think of any scripture that says it takes a Long long time to become mature enough to pastor or plant a church, the bible just says that you have to make fool proof of your ministry, but it doesnt say how long thats supposed to take.
paul got born again, and it didnt take 15 years for him to start changing the world. and it didnt take the disciples that long either.
i understand that new born babes in the faith are not in a position to do that sort of thing, but it doesnt have to take a LONG LONG time.
it comes as fast as well climb, and as easily as well allow the holyspirit in.
the disciples had only known Jesus for about 3 years, and they made all kinds of mistakes up untill his death, but Jesus spoke unto them again and just said "go, feed my sheep, those who shall be believe will be saved, etc etc..."
and it didnt take them 15 years to go and do this. they began to doit immediatly, and these werent bible experts, these where fisherman.
God will use whoevers willing and available.
i remember a story of how some little children had heard a preacher say that they could lay hands on the sick and if you believe theyll recover, so they thought theyd try it and went into a hospital and healed just about everybody!
and the people asked them why they stopped and they said "well we wanted to go do something else" CHILDREN!
they bible experts of today try their whole lives to do that kind of thing, and they still never do!
i know healing the sick and pastoring a church are 2 diffrent things, but wisdom and power to pastor a church is no less the power of the holyghost, its when you begin to think it comes from seminary and bible colleges and is found in the realms of our intellect that you make it a 20 year process.
solomon became the wisest man who ever lived besides Jesus, in a matter of hours. becuase it was the power of God not his great learning or experience.
healing the sick comes from the anointing, but so does pastoring a church.
ya know?
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TheOriginalWhitehorse
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The Lord tells us in His word, whatever we do, do with all our might as unto the Lord. Do as much with your gift as you can! Just ask Him to open and close doors as He sees fit, and if you're willing to accept that, you will be blessed beyond measure. The hard part is knowing what to do where, for whom. But God guides our steps.
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Let's hope and pray that the Lord Himself will clear things up.