The Vision Was Never Yours to Carry Alone

How many of you have felt the weight of what the Lord placed inside of you? Wondering, Lord, are you sure you want me to be the one to do this? Feeling unqualified, but is that even what He asked you?

Let us talk about the weight of carrying the vision, because it is heavy. When you are doing things differently from the world, it requires you to operate in a way that is pleasing to God. It requires you to truly let go of yourself and allow the Lord to fully use you. Here is the truth. You will not have all the answers. You may feel weary, unqualified, or afraid, but do you know what God says to each of those things?

• Weary: "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9

• Unqualified: "The same God empowers all in everyone." 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

• Fear: "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7

• Surrender: "I have been crucified with Christ. I live by faith in the Son of God." Galatians 2:20

• Seeking God: "You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

He has an answer for every feeling that tries to pull you out of the vision. If He has an answer for every feeling, maybe the real question is not whether you are qualified. Maybe it is whether you trust Him.

Do You Trust Him?

God plants something into us. A vision, an idea, an assignment, but when we begin to think about what it will actually take to execute it, doubt creeps in. The God we serve has proven Himself over and over again, yet when it is our turn to be used, we revert back to who we were before we knew Christ. Lost, insecure, doubtful.

Remember who God rebirths you to be. He renews our minds and our hearts. We are never meant to be the same. Our confidence is not in ourselves. It is in the Spirit within us.

Faith is the substance of things not seen but hoped for. When God gives us something, do we begin to doubt the very God who gave it? Shift your perspective. What the Lord has entrusted you with is not even about you. It is to glorify Him and to shine a light so others can see Him. Someone's life could change simply because they encountered someone like you.

If the vision is not about you, then the weight of it was never meant to be yours to carry alone either.

You Were Never Meant to Carry It Alone

Saying yes to what the Lord has given you can feel like a lot, especially with everything going on in the world. People often forget that God gives you the vision, but He never meant for you to carry it alone.

He gives us instructions, and as we are obedient, more of the vision is revealed. The revelation does not come from worrying about how to execute when God only gave you the seed. Not the blueprint, not the five year plan. Just the seed. Worrying about how to make it all happen in your own strength and on your own timeline actually gets in the way of the revelation He is trying to give you as you walk in obedience. In 1 Corinthians 3:7, He is the one who grows it. Our job is simply to be the vessels that care for it according to the instructions He gives us.

"So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow."

1 Corinthians 3:7

Obedience is not just about saying yes, it speaks to how you steward what the Lord has placed in your hands.

Stewardship as Your Strongest Strategy

Leading with the Provisionary helps us understand what we are actually stewarding. The vision can feel heavy, but we are called to steward it well.

The parable of the talents found in Matthew 25:14-30 speaks directly to this. A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted each of them with a portion of his wealth according to their ability. One received five talents, another two, and another one. When the man returned, the servants who had been given five and two talents had both doubled what they were entrusted with. But the servant who received one talent buried it out of fear. He did nothing with it. And the master was not pleased.

The two who stewarded well did not just keep what they were given safe. They were faithful with it, they worked it, and because of that faithfulness the master gave them even more territory to steward for the Kingdom. But the one who buried his out of fear lost even what he had been given.

That is the weight of what the Lord is saying to us. What He places in your hands is not meant to be buried. Not meant to be hidden out of fear of what people will think, fear of failure, or fear of not being enough. What He places in your hands is meant to be worked, cultivated, and offered back to Him. Are you stewarding what the Lord has given you?

You do not have to do this alone. God is the one who will lead you. Stop putting yourself in the place of God and simply steward well what He has placed in your hands. Trust that if He gave you the assignment, He will be with you to carry it out.

Every step, build with God. Allow Him to lead you on the path He called you to. Seek Him before anything else. It is in seeking Him that we grow intimate with His voice, hear the provision, and find rest. All of these are needed as you step into the vision He has given you.

Remember your why. Remember who you serve. Remember what the Lord calls His children to do.

See you next Monday!

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