God Replaced Me

 In my church (I don't own a church. I mean in the church that I currently attend 😅) we have this culture of praying for people or receiving prayers. So, after every service, and you want someone to pray for you, you can easily ask by stepping out front as there's a provision for that as part of the service. And in some services, people don't step out but you just pray for one another.

On this particular day, during the session to pray for one another, I felt led to pray for someone that was beside me but I did not have the courage to. I kept thinking: "what if she's not receptive", "what if God was not really leading me to pray for her", "what if my mind was just playing games on me", "what if I don't even find the right words to pray with", and what not. At the end of the day, I did not pray for her and while I concluded not to pray for her, someone else walked up to us, asked if she could pray for her, prayed for her and I really felt God move in their prayer but ultimately, I felt bad. I felt bad because it felt like God replaced me. I felt bad because I know I should have heeded God and prayed for her but I did not.

Recently, a friend Abisola Odewale reminded me that any idea, talent, or skill that God has given you is useless unless it is used. She shared a story of when she had an idea for work, wrote it down but did nothing about it because she kept thinking "maybe it's not time yet", "maybe it needs more work" and all of that. After a while, in a meeting at work, someone else pitched that same idea and it made her mad.

Why am I sharing these stories?

No one is irreplaceable. So, if you don't use the resources that God has given you, He is going to give them to someone else that would (Take a cue from the parables of the talents). If you don't obey God or go where He sends you, He would send someone else to go.

You can check out what I wrote about not wasting God's investments and not breaking God's heart.

In Bisola's voice, "Pitch that idea! Trying is better than not making attempts at all."

Just as a reminder - If God is sending you out or asking you to do something, He is not going to leave you unequipped. He has equipped you for all assignments and all you need do is obey. I love the latter part of Psalm 81:10 which says, "..Open your mouth wide and I will fill it." So, if He he asking you to pray for someone, open your mouth and He would fill it. If He is asking you to evangelize or preach to someone, open your mouth and He would fill it. Also, if He is putting an idea in your mind, act on it. When God calls you, He also equips you. Avoid feeling insecure or wondering if you fail. God's got you! Let God worry about the success of what He has sent you to do or put in your heart, just do!

And I pray that God helps us all.

Thank you for reading! If you have had a similar experience, feel free to share. I love to hear from you; You can share your opinions in the comment section.

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