Answer the Call

Thirteen months ago, I went to my first TeenPact class. On the last day, my committee leader went in a circle and prayed for each of the committee members. When he came to pray for me, the one thing I remembered that he said repeatedly was "Prepare her and help her and lead her in the years to come." I didn't know what to do with it. I just held onto those words in my heart. A few weeks after attending my state class, I was at a Wednesday night service. A worship and healing service was going on in main service, and something drew me in. It had never been my plan to go into main service that day. Yet, as I watched the powerful worship, I decided I needed to go in. I didn't know why. I just did. I quickly felt myself overwhelmed with such power of God's presence. Just then, a lady in my church came up to me and started speaking over me. She said that I would grow roots in my next season. There were people in my path that I saw I needed to help. God would come and help me in my next season and give me strength. I left the service feeling different, but not knowing what to do with these powerful words resting on my shoulders. Three months later, I have somewhat of an understanding of what the whole meaning of that prophesy is. In the past few months, I have been writing songs. Some are from my experiences; others are from words placed on my heart. But none of my songs have reached many people yet. They are sitting in a notebook on my piano. About a year ago, I was in a time crunch to come up with a gift for a severely ill family member. I had some ideas, but they would take too long. Suddenly, a brilliant idea hit me. Inspired by a single verse in Job, I wrote a song in three hours. That week my family and I worked together to record the song and burn it onto a few CDs. In the following week, I was able to deliver the song to my family member. I could see in the simple exchange, they were touched. It was then that I realized the hidden truth. All this time, as I wrote songs, I wasn't doing it for me. I was never doing it for me. There was a different motive. This was the new season. This was the calling on my life. This was how I was meant to help people. I was supposed to write songs! Yeah... I did not see that one coming. Yet, here I am. And I love it! I could not be happier! Romans 11:29 says "God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable." Maybe you don't know what you are supposed to do with your life. Or maybe someone has prophesied over you and, like me, you don't know what to do with it. Let me just tell you, don't give up! When God calls you to something, he isn't kidding. You just have to follow your dreams. Hold onto the words spoken over you. You never know.