What’s Holding You Back

II Timothy 1:8-9 says, …God has saved us and called us with a holy calling.

We all have been put on this earth by almighty God. God purposed for us to be here at this time. He called us with a holy calling. He has plans that we are to fulfill. He has given each of us vision, mission and, if we trust Him, provision to get it done.

What are your dreams? What has God uniquely appointed you to do? You were wonderfully and marvellously made. There is no one else like you and none that can accomplish the specific things that God has purposed for you to do. Some of us know what these callings are and are diligently working to fulfill God’s plan in our lives. Others are struggling. They may not even believe that God has a plan for them. This is nothing short of a lie from the devil himself. You have qualities that are exactly what God wants. He has a place for you. He has areas of influence where only you can be effective. Seek Him and He will reveal His will for your life.

If you are one who knows the plan but can’t seem to act upon it… What’s holding you back? Possibly, doubt, fear, unbelief, lack of confidence or pride could be blocking your path.

Great news! God, has your solution. Any of these things that are blocking you can be removed from your path. There is nothing to fear because God hasn’t given you a spirit of fear but of a sound mind. So let’s cast the spirit of fear aside and see the wonders God has in store. His ways are higher than ours. We shouldn’t limit Him with our thinking but instead align our thoughts with His.

He is the God who allowed a boy named David to defeat a giant, lions and a bear. A God who fed 5,000 with only a sparse amount of fish and bread. A God who created the heavens and the earth from nothing. A God who causes the lame to walk, the blind to see and the deaf to hear. This same God certainly can empower and equip you to fulfill your calling.

Know this, greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Paul challenged Timothy to walk worthy of his calling. I encourage each of you today to do the same.

What’s holding you back?

Answer: Nothing that God can’t remove when you seek Him and allow Him to be the miraculous God that will lead you to fulfill all He has planned and called you to do.