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“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking” (James 1:5, NLT).
I’d ignored the nudge for weeks. What kind of nudge? You know the one exactly. The one where you feel like maybe, just maybe, the Lord is asking you to do something, but it feels foreign, strange, or out of your league. I mean, what will people think? What if I seem crazy? What if it’s just me and not the Holy Spirit at all?
I felt that way for approximately a month until the Lord convicted me again and again. He didn’t just ask me, He showed up in dreams until I knew I had to say yes. Can you relate?
When God asked me to reach out to an old friend’s parents, I grew concerned. Not only had I not talked to them since high school, but that was over a decade ago. I didn’t even have their number. And yet, God had placed them on my heart.
When I asked my spiritual mentor for guidance, she told me to follow through: “Don’t let the enemy talk you out of something God is asking you to do.” So, a month after God put this person on my heart, and after much deliberation and prayer, I sent them a message. I asked the Lord for divine wisdom and began praying for their salvation. I begged God, “Please don’t let them think I’m crazy.”
A week later, I hadn’t heard back and began to grow weary. Fear told me I was stupid. Anxiety swept over every part of me, and I started to doubt what God had asked me to do.
Did I hear Him wrong?
Was it all in my head?
Was this not from the Lord?
Was I just the weirdo who sent random messages?
And then, I heard a faint ping in my inbox. With shaking hands and a trembling spirit, I clicked on the message. Not only did I find gratitude, but reaffirmation. This person needed salvation, and my message was a beacon of hope to their family—that there was still hope for someone who needed Jesus. This message was timely, and it encouraged their weariness in the journey.
If God has called you to do something that seems foreign, big, or scary today, might I encourage you to ask Him for wisdom? That you ask Him to guide and direct your paths, especially when you can’t see the next few steps in front of you? Because our God is powerful and steadfast—and He won’t ask us to do something that He Himself hasn’t already done for us.
Jesus set the way of living through Himself and His Disciples. Not only did He spread the Good News called the Gospel, He was and is that Good News Himself. Sharing this life-changing testimony with others can seem scary, but He’s with us and within us just like He was with the Disciples.
