God has a Plan

Every time I would pray and ask the Lord what he wanted me to do, I felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to write. "But Lord," I would respond, "I'm not a professional writer. I haven't gone to school to learn the writing skills necessary to write well." But the Lord has never given up on me, and has always continued to encourage me in my spirit. Spirit to spirit. But what shall I write? And every time I would sit down to actually do some writing, I could never get motivated. I would write a little bit and then get bored or run out of things to say. But it is true that I have a million stories running around inside my head. I just haven't had the discipline to put them in writing.

One day I was standing in church worshipping the Lord, and a man I never met before looked at me and said, "You are a writer. I can see it plain as day. You are supposed to write." Well, now there's double confirmation. The Lord witnessing to my spirit, and a prophecy from a man I only met once and never saw again. But still, the words did not come to me. Every time I would try to write something, something would stop me. It was as if something were blocking me or preventing me from moving forward. Have you ever felt like you were supposed to be doing something, but never could get motivated to do it? The opposition from the evil one will always try to keep us from the very thing that God wants for us. He will use distractions, discouragement, life situations, doubts, and everything else he can throw at us to keep us off the path of our anointing. What have you allowed the evil one to keep you from doing? What are you supposed to be doing? What has God spoken to you in your spirit? Are you running away from your calling? Believe me, I know what that's like. It's not easy, because you will be opposed. You just have to make up your mind. Kind of like quitting smoking, but just the opposite. Instead of quitting something, you're starting something. For me, it was starting a blog, something totally foreign to me. But, you have to start somewhere, right? I'm not going to go on for the rest of my life wondering what would have happened if I just tried writing. And now that I have made that first step, I'm extremely excited about the prospect of being able to encourage others through my writing.

Just remember, the greatest encouragement you can ever recieve is from the Lord, himself.
He will never give up on you, or your dream that he has placed within your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

God Bless--

Corey