Josh Turner

Judges 7:2

The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her

God has a way of revealing things to me in just the right time, I guess that’s one of the things that makes Him God.  Well, a couple of days ago I was driving to work thinking about how much I need another staff member and how I could do so much more in FUSE and Sub30 if I just had another staff member to help with stuff.  I then let my mind start wandering on all that I didn’t have instead of all that I did have and found myself getting in a bad mood.  So, I asked God why He had not given me another staff member yet, I was informing Him on all the other awesome stuff I could do with someone else’s help.  Then it happened, God reminded me of the scripture that is listed above…..He was telling me that if He were to give me another person right now that any growth, any additional health, or any improvements in the ministry would quickly be claimed by me and my ego…..It was God telling me that before He can trust me with more He needs to be able to trust that I depended on Him more than the talents He has given me.

Not for one second do I not think that God gets pleasure from seeing me or any of us operate in our strengths, but I think it does concern Him when we trust in those strengths instead of Him.  I felt that at this time He was just telling me to trust more in Him and not my strengths…..Most of the time I am educated beyond my own obedience.