Cynthia M. Lamb's Blog: Light's Journey
November 5, 2013
Why Do We Run From Our Spiritual Calling?
My good friend, Tremayne Moore, asked that I write a couple of paragraphs on this subject. So here it goes... And yes, it is more than a couple of paragraphs:
Why do we run from our spiritual calling?
I have asked myself this question. I don't believe that I have run from my spiritual calling, but I recognize that I have hid from my spiritual calling. Let me explain. I once received a vision from God about what I was supposed to do with my gifts. It was so very powerful that I was overwhelmed by it. I said, "I'm not ready!" I thought, "It's too big! "
"Please shut the door a little, or just open it a little, because that's all I believe I can do right now."
Well, God did just that.
A series of distractions began to unfold in my life. I welcomed the distractions, and called them blessings and journeys and discoveries and lessons.
A couple of years later, I found myself wondering why I was in a storm again. Why weren't my gifts growing?
Well… Could it be that I, in my fear, apprehension, and disbelief, had blocked my blessings, because I had blocked the calling that God had placed on my life? I asked myself this question.
Sometimes I think that is exactly the case.
So often I run to things. I run to the rescue of my family and friends when they are in need, or when they cry out for help. I run to sparkly, shiny, fun things that catch my eye, because they feel good. I run for cover when I am in fear, doubt, or just plain exhausted.
I pretend not to make excuses… but they are excuses just the same.
"Oh, I'm just tired."
"Oh, I'm just so busy."
"Oh, they need me right now."
"Oh, I don't know if I can do that, Lord."
"Oh, I'm not ready yet."
Running… Call it what I will... Paint it any color I like... Speak it in any language I please… It's still me not heeding the calling God has for my life.
I am listening more attentively now… Facing my fears, ridding myself of my complacency, and stepping out in faith.
When God calls me again, this time I will heed His call, whether I feel ready for it or not… It is in trusting Him that I will become what He has purposed for me to become... It is in heeding His calling that I will discover the full blessing of my gifts and be able to be the light in this world He has called for me to be... Not for my glory but for God's glory.
I began this piece by stating that I did not believe I was running, but instead I had hid from God's calling in my life. In retrospect, I recognize now that hiding is just a different form of running (running away)... It still creates the distance desired from that which causes discomfort or fear or anxiety.
It is important that people of God, who have received gifts that they have been called to use, recognize them and recognize the spiritual calling on their lives... And walk in it, believe it, live it. Only then can we truly receive the fullness of the blessings God wishes to bestow upon us.
~ CM Lamb
Why do we run from our spiritual calling?
I have asked myself this question. I don't believe that I have run from my spiritual calling, but I recognize that I have hid from my spiritual calling. Let me explain. I once received a vision from God about what I was supposed to do with my gifts. It was so very powerful that I was overwhelmed by it. I said, "I'm not ready!" I thought, "It's too big! "
"Please shut the door a little, or just open it a little, because that's all I believe I can do right now."
Well, God did just that.
A series of distractions began to unfold in my life. I welcomed the distractions, and called them blessings and journeys and discoveries and lessons.
A couple of years later, I found myself wondering why I was in a storm again. Why weren't my gifts growing?
Well… Could it be that I, in my fear, apprehension, and disbelief, had blocked my blessings, because I had blocked the calling that God had placed on my life? I asked myself this question.
Sometimes I think that is exactly the case.
So often I run to things. I run to the rescue of my family and friends when they are in need, or when they cry out for help. I run to sparkly, shiny, fun things that catch my eye, because they feel good. I run for cover when I am in fear, doubt, or just plain exhausted.
I pretend not to make excuses… but they are excuses just the same.
"Oh, I'm just tired."
"Oh, I'm just so busy."
"Oh, they need me right now."
"Oh, I don't know if I can do that, Lord."
"Oh, I'm not ready yet."
Running… Call it what I will... Paint it any color I like... Speak it in any language I please… It's still me not heeding the calling God has for my life.
I am listening more attentively now… Facing my fears, ridding myself of my complacency, and stepping out in faith.
When God calls me again, this time I will heed His call, whether I feel ready for it or not… It is in trusting Him that I will become what He has purposed for me to become... It is in heeding His calling that I will discover the full blessing of my gifts and be able to be the light in this world He has called for me to be... Not for my glory but for God's glory.
I began this piece by stating that I did not believe I was running, but instead I had hid from God's calling in my life. In retrospect, I recognize now that hiding is just a different form of running (running away)... It still creates the distance desired from that which causes discomfort or fear or anxiety.
It is important that people of God, who have received gifts that they have been called to use, recognize them and recognize the spiritual calling on their lives... And walk in it, believe it, live it. Only then can we truly receive the fullness of the blessings God wishes to bestow upon us.
~ CM Lamb
