Monday, October 15, 2012

When a person starts but can't continue

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

A member of the body of Christ, Juliett Walton, had the following dream ...

"In the church group, each of us were given an assignment which was handed to each of us in separate envelopes.  A man was first to receive his assignment.  The rest of us watched to learn from him.  Then others received their assignments.  The work was not difficult but once the assignments were started, they had to be continued to the end.  A woman stopped her assignment before completion.  The reason was not shown.  I received my assignment as started to work on it. It was not a struggle to do the work, but it was a struggle to complete ... to keep on going.  I saw most of the people grow weary.  I was determined to keep going."  End of dream ...

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Recently I saw one reason it was such a struggle to keep doing the assignment.

We start out in something God wants us to do.  At first it is exciting and we are delighted to get to do it.  But after time, we are getting no praise at all when we do the work.  No one even thanks us.  Our flesh wants to be thanked.  Some stop doing the "assignment" because of this. It may seem like it doesn't matter whether we do it or not.

To continue, it requires an understanding of "faithfulness to God" ... that it is God who has given you the assignment ... and a faithfulness to the Holy Spirit for it is the Holy Spirit who speaks to us who belong to God.

Jesus said:  If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;  Jn. 8:31