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Perspective:

What we see based on our circumstances

 

The reason I bring up perspective is…

This series has been all about “LIVING WITH PURPOSE”

What that purpose is will be determined by your PERSPECTIVE

 

In the first week, we learned the important foundational truths concerning our PURPOSE

God created the world ON PURPOSE and FOR A PURPOSE

 

The ULTIMATE PURPOSE for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE is to GLORIFY GOD

Isaiah 43:7

…everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”
Last week, we found out that we all have a PERSONAL CALLING

A personal calling is simply God’s tug on our hearts toward a particular thing. It can be for a specific situation, a season of life, or a lifetime. 

Finished last week with some best practices around finding out that calling
Acts 13

2 As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.
Today, we are talking about one of the most difficult aspects of following your calling

Overcoming FEAR

 

Your calling will be out of your comfort zone…

 

Any time we are pulled out of our comfort zones, we will have to deal with fear

• Leaving things we like behind
• Meeting new people
• Changing locations
• Changing friends

 

Your calling will be out of your comfort zone but is accompanied by God’s peace and Provision

 

To help us understand this, I want us to think of fear as a VOICE IN OUR EAR

• This voice has some lies that it tells us

 

Voices of fear around calling:

Voice #1: I don’t have what it takes

 

Often in our calling… WE LIMIT WHAT WE BELIEVE GOD CAN GO THROUGH US

 

Let’s look at someone who experienced this

Moses:

• Raised in Egypt
• Ran away and, for 40 years, kept sheep
• Burning bush
• God calls Moses to go and free His people

Exodus 3

11 But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 He answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I am the one who sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain.”
Exodus 4

10 But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent—either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant—because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.”

 

Here is that voice of fear… “I DON’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES…”

• I can’t do this
• I can’t overcome my issues
• I can’t speak well enough (Moses)

This is the WRONG PERSPECTIVE
11 The Lord said to him, “Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.” 13 Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

 

This voice of fear can be strong

• Moses talking to God in a bush on fire
• He begs God to send someone else

14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you. 15 You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.
This is what it means that God’s calling will be out of your comfort ZoneThis is what it means that God’s calling will be out of your comfort Zone
Fear can paralyze you

• It keeps you out of God’s will