WHY "NO HIDDEN AGENDA?"

If we are in tune with God, we walk through open doors, knowing that He is going to do the heavy lifting. God is not going to lead us into failure. His Spirit is going to make up the difference, whether you bring 1 percent to the table or 88 percent. He brings 100 percent . . . every time. Learn to live with an awareness of God’s glorious presence in each situation and every moment of your day. Prayer, in its simplest form, is about being in the presence of the God who made us and loves us. It is about relationship. The assurance from His Word is that He’s going to overshadow our shortcomings and accomplish the outcome He desires if we follow His lead. Weakness only serves to underscore His power. Our culture tends to spotlight the polished and poised, but sometimes God likes to turn those expectations on their heads and use a vessel not so obvious. The power of the Holy Spirit makes the difference, using you to accomplish His purpose. It should be encouraging that even the heroes of the faith expressed their own misgivings about their abilities. God only expects for you to be obedient, regardless of your comfort level. He’s got this. Rest in His power.

One of the greatest problems facing Christianity today is a refusal to believe that God could possibly care about our individual futures, that God could care about our day-to-day lives or have plans for us outside of a particularly religious call. We’re often fine with the idea that he might call other people, but there can be a deep insecurity about whether God could possibly use us. When it comes to my calling and my future, we fear that God has forgotten us. When it comes to the worthiness of our callings, we need to take a divine perspective and remember that God’s standards are not like those of the world. Our personal callings are not commands but beckonings and promptings. We enter into them in partnership with God, making use of the opportunities that God presents to us and the passions that he has given us. Part of Christian faith, part of being willing to dream, means being willing to fail. It means being willing to take risks for God, in the knowledge that God is in control and we are not. Speak the promises of God aloud when encountering overwhelming opposition. There is something unbelievably powerful in articulating and speaking out the words of God. Words of faith will dissolve the mountains of attack, destruction, and despair and wash them away. True worship celebrates our callings. We are drawn into the greatest privilege for a human being: to worship the living God. Worship is the most important thing I can do on this earth!

Our greatest regrets at the end of our lives will be the opportunities we left on the table, the passions we didn’t pursue, and the dreams we didn’t go after. Discover your God-sized dream and find the courage. Giants can fall. Focus on the size of our God, not the height of your giants. Walk in the victory Jesus has already won. Your worth isn’t wrapped up in what you achieve but is forever anchored in the fact that Jesus was given for you. You were made to be accepted and embraced by your heavenly Father. You were made to be loved, for free. You live from his acceptance, not for the acceptance of others. Whatever this giant is in your life, day after day it has been robbing you of power. The good news is that God has made a way for these giants to fall. It starts with believing that even though the giant you’re battling might be big, it’s not bigger than Jesus. In fact, He has already defeated the giants in your life. If you truly want to see victory over the giants in your life, you need to understand and depend on Jesus Christ. Victory is all about trusting in Christ.