It's impossible to lead people who won't be led. It's also impossible to lead people if you haven't asked God to send you people willing to be led.
I've been attempting to become more of a leader among the girls in the youth group for over a year now. The current girls' group that just started up in the youth group is my third attempt at starting/helping lead a discipleship group (my first was with the youth group and the second at school), and as you can probably guess, they fell through. I thought this one was dying too when there were only four people at our last meeting and I was the only high schooler. On Wednesday I was talking to Jenny Miller about it, and she assured me that something would work out, even if it was only the two of us. It finally occurred to me, that maybe praying would help (duh, Maria!). So I did. And on Friday Jenny told me we had twelve girls signed up for our next devotional book! Yay God!
So the moral of my story is, we (myself included) really need to stop depending on my natural abilities and let God take over. Especially when I'm dealing with people, because I tend to have natural disabilities with humans rather than abilities. And also that prayer works.
-Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
-1 Peter 5:6-7
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
-PS: To any of the girls who may read this, please don't take it as an attack on you. That's not the way I'm trying to sound at all. I'm very grateful for all of you and I love you all.
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Excellent post! I am also very guilty of trying to do things for the Lord under my own power. I chalk this up to a weak understanding of how the Holy Spirit should be working in my life (see the recent Moreland post on my blog).
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