And now, little children, abide (live, remain permanently) in Him, so that when He is made visible, we may have and enjoy perfect confidence (boldness, assurance) and not be ashamed and shrink from Him at His coming.    1 John 2:28

This is a powerful verse, don’t you think!?!  As I read that I thought wow, I don’t want to be ashamed of what I didn’t do or say when I see the Lord face to face, & I think that is what He is talking about here.  The Holy Spirit leads us on a regular basis to do & say things that will grow the Kingdom & we don’t always do them, do we?  I know there have been times that later I was mentally yelling at myself for not doing something for someone or for not telling them what the Holy Spirit told me to say, ugh!  We question sometimes, “Was that really the Holy Spirit telling me that or was it just me?”  But, here is the reality of that I don’t think that our natural, carnal mind leads us that way, we naturally want what is best for us, so I lean on if it’s good, it’s from the Holy Spirit.  Secondly, if for some reason you are “that good of a person” then what will it hurt to bless someone with a random gift or to tell them that Jesus loves them & has great plans for them, I don’t see a negative to that.  So, we have to get out of our own heads & let God use us in other peoples’ lives, that is what we are saved for, not just to sit on our “ticket to heaven” but to be used to grow the Kingdom & show the love of Jesus!!!  It is so easy to just ignore the quite voice of the Spirit, but it is so rewarding to obey it!  You will never know what I am talking about it you are not willing to step out of your comfort zone.  We are told so often by the world to “mind our own business” that we think that applies to everything, we allow that to give us an excuse to ignore that older man that we see digging through the trash in the store parking lot or that lady on the side of the road with a flat tire.  Let me give you a reality check, the Kingdom’s business is our business, these people that need a meal or help changing a tire are our business, God wants to bless them through us.  How do you know if they have a saving relationship with Jesus if you don’t stop to ask, how can you tell them about Jesus if you don’t stop to lend a helping hand first??  We will take our family to the movies, take our kids to water parks, go out of state on vacations, but when we see someone that we can tell hasn’t eaten we claim we don’t have the money for that (or worse, the time for that), but really you can feed someone on five dollars & I guarantee that God will replace that for you, because when we take care of God, He will take care of us.  “The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.'” Matthew 25:40  That is Christ telling one of His parables about Himself, basically when we help someone in need we are helping Christ, that is how much He loves people, He takes all of our needs on as His own needs.  So that being said I don’t want to see Him face to face & shrink because I remember not helping HIM!!  So why not step out of your box today, no wait why not leap out of your box today & do as the Holy Spirit leads you, or even better ask Him to place you where you can help someone today?  Your joy & reward are waiting!

Excited to be used,

Michelle