Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Amos 7:14-15
LORD, when You placed Your hands on my life I was, as we say, minding my own business. I was attempting to govern my life the best I could. Yes, I had some “issues.” After all, who doesn’t? I was doing “me,” being the best “me” that I could. I fell short. Oh, did I fall short! And there was so much missing that I could not put my hands on.
Then You called me. You spoke to me through Your Word. I remember the day and the passage. I heard the gospel for the first time though I had been told it so many times before. And from that point on, my life was changed. And this is not something that You have done just for me, but You have done for all of us who have given their lives to You. Hallelujah!
LORD, help me to put behind me my past life – what I “used” to do – and embrace who You are calling me to be. In this season of my life it is easy to hold on to what I was, clinging to images of the me that are past. There is the tendency to define myself by those images. Yet, I hear the call very clearly to let go of who I was and to embrace who You are calling me to be. I know You equip Your servants to carry out Your will. The issue for me is not the equipping, it is the letting go. I confess, I am afraid. Yet, when You say, “Go,” I must go.
So, walk with me LORD. Comfort me and remind me that I am in Your care, Your hands. And that You will accomplish that which You have purposed in my life. Have Your way for Your glory. Amen.