Gideon - The Mighty Man Of Valor - Part 1 Of A Series Series

But if you think about it, if God calls you to something and wants to raise you up and you try everything you can to say no, the black and white of it is, you really are being rebellious and disobedient.

I mean, if God is calling you to do something and you refuse, what is that really?

That means you would live the rest of your life doing your own thing.

That means you reject the purpose and plan God has for your life.

That means you think refusal and rebellion is the better way to live.

That means you think that if you say no to God you can still live under the covering of His favor and blessing in spite of your refusal to accept His calling?

Nothing good can come of it. I know what I am talking about. I tried it. I was miserable and cursed and completely void of happiness and satisfaction. I could really relate to Jonah who spent three days in the belly of the whale because of his rejection of God’s calling. Been there, done that, but I ain’t ever going back!

Nothing good ever comes out of refusing God and rejecting the very purpose of your existence.

And, another thing while I am at it, playing the stupid game doesn’t work either. And playing the hard of hearing game? You know….

The stuff like:

“I know that cannot really be God speaking to me.” Or ….

“I don’t know what God made me for.” Or ……

“I don’t know what my purpose is.” Or …..

“I know what others have prophesied over me, but ……”

“If I actually admit to my calling, life will never be the same.” …Duh!

For most of us, to acknowledge what God is saying to us does not necessarily mean we must go out tomorrow and plant a church, or move to some jungle in a foreign land. But it does mean we begin a process of preparation with an anticipation of being ready to step into your destiny when the command to do so is given.

1 Corinthians 1:26-30 NKJV, “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.

1 Corinthians 1:26-28 THE MESSAGE, “Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. 27 Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, 28 chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"?

We don’t choose ourselves, its God. If I had it my way, I would have just continued my life as an Army man, or took a job in a saw mill in Oregon or something like that. But man, when God called me I had to stop threshing wheat in a winepress just trying to get by. God had to raise me up, I couldn’t do it by myself.

Conclusion: I believe there are some Gideons right here today. I believe God is speaking to some people and saying it’s time to step up and be the kind of Christian you were born to be.