Say It
How many times have you had an idea but kept it to yourself? Maybe it seemed like a small thing at the time, but you just held your wisdom in instead of letting it out. Often I have found myself cheated out of ministering to someone else… I get cheated because of thoughts that tell me that what I have to say isn’t worth the trouble — that it can’t truly be inspired of God. But then I realize, why not? Why couldn’t I be inspired by God to say something? Why should you keep it to yourself when God may be wanting to use you to get a point across to someone else to answer a question or to settle their spirit?
There are a few points I’d like to address, the first being: why would you listen to the lies that our minds and our adversary feed to us? Lies like “I’m not usable” or “I’m not smart enough” start this train of thought. Those lies are made to stop us and cheat us out of the ministry that God has planned for us there. We have to get beyond ourselves and in a way “just do it”. God has made us for such a time as this and equipped us to be able to speak into situations even without realizing it. You can be effective and make a difference in someone else’s life, and even without consciously doing it for your benefit you are benefiting yourself. You are becoming more involved and making your life available as a way for God to flow through you — which brings me to my second point: How is God going to flow through you and to speak to others if you never open your mouth?
For a long time I thought I had to be directly inspired and have every word planned out, all the while feeling this tingling sensation creep up and down my spine to say something anointed and effective. I really like how one of my friends put it; he said that “we start with a simple truth to get going and then God can anoint us and direct us from there.” We have to open our mouths in order for God to speak through us. He won’t force us to open our mouths, so we must put forth that effort. By not following this simple advice, I’ve cheated myself out of many times where I would be able to say “a word fitly spoken” (Proverbs 25:11) which could have helped someone I knew through a hard time, or even spoken truth about a topic or a standard, revealing to others and solidifying in me the convictions that I hold onto. You see, when we speak and let God flow through us it is not only beneficial to the person that we speak to, but also to ourselves as it makes us more sure of what we believe on that topic.
So when God gives you something to speak, speak it. It’s a simple and effective truth. As I continue to learn to allow God to speak through me, I pray you will do the same.
The cool thing about this is : We think we are supposed to understand what we are saying to another, but we really don’t need to. It dosen’t even have to sound cool to us, but it will most likely mean something to the other person. It may be a confirmation to the other person and we may never know, but we did it as an act of submission to the Holy Ghost. The more we do it, the more comfortable it becomes, just as a part of us.
God will continue to use us too, so there’s no regrets when we miss an opportunity because we can repent about it and just be open to the next time He wants to use us. And He will use us, because that’s why we were made! It’s just something to relax about and enjoy the journey.
I have had things similar to that topic. I opened the bible and I saw something and I wanted to tell the whole youth group and I could feel something.
Good advice. Thanks for being vulnerable. I too “get cheated because of thoughts that tell me that what I have to say isn’t worth the trouble.”
I can’t wait to see how God uses those who are willing to “Just do it!”