When we got saved, most of us were taught that heaven and hell is real, that Jesus is the only way through whom we can get to heaven, and that we are to live our lives fully submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. But not all of us who got saved were taught that all of us are called to do great and mighty things for the Kingdom of God. ALL OF US, not just a select few or “chosen ones” in leadership positions in the church, are called to bring heaven on earth in the here and now.

¹⁰ But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

¹¹ Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? ¹² Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”

Exodus 4:10-12 NLT

Like Moses, we sometimes ask God, “Who are we to do these things?” We question our own qualifications and look at our own faults to downplay ourselves, and in doing so, we fail to look at our own identity in Christ. We were made in the image of God and so who we are is defined by how God sees us and calls us to be.

God is telling us, “It doesn’t matter what you can and can’t do, for I will certainly be with you.” It is not about our own abilities and our own strength but rather our willingness to be used. God is not looking for strong and qualified people, but people who are willing to yield to His commands out of their own commitment to love and chase after His heart.

For God’s Word is spirit and life. “It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11 NKJV)

So when the Lord calls us to do something, do not fear, for He will certainly be with us. His Presence will be more than enough to defeat the giants and seemingly immovable mountains that we might face.

Prayer: Abba Father, open our hearts and our ears so that when we hear Your voice, we would be able to yield to Your command as You direct our steps. Soften our hearts to always submit to Your promptings as You reveal Your way, for Your way is always good and incomparable and Your ways see through eternity! Amen.

How is it that in the Presence of God, there is fullness of joy? Because in His Presence, there is light. And Jesus is the “true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world” (John 1:8) “The Light shines on in the darkness and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].” (John 1:5, AMP)

Though we sit in darkness, the Lord will be our light.

Light overcomes darkness and so when we step into His Presence and when we step into the Light, every nook and cranny of darkness, every spot and blemish, everything that does not belong to God—fear, anxiety, sin, doubt and unbelief—are clearly seen, exposed, and stripped away by Him who continually makes us spotless and blameless and holy and pure as we move from glory to glory to glory.

We sometimes get caught up in the cares of this world and it clouds our vision and chokes our faith. And yet countless expressions of His love will always far exceed our expectations. Look to Him and He will bring to remembrance the countless times that He delivered us from sin and temptation, provided for our needs, and made possible the seemingly impossible.

When we continue to fix our gaze on Him, and put our hope and trust in Him alone, the rest of the things do not matter. The current challenges that we face, the delayed answers to our prayers, the unanswered prayers…they are nothing compared to what God had already prepared for us. All we need to do is to look to Him and run the race. Eyes on the prize because Jesus is the prize.

Matthew 6:33-34 says, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.”

We may be unfaithful but our God is always faithful, His promises never failing. Even in our failure, He continues to remind us of His hope and future for our lives— one that He has already written ever since the foundation of this world. And so we can always hope in Him alone and let him be our full portion.

In Him alone there is freedom. In Him alone there is fullness of joy. In Him alone we hope!