Take The Limits Off

The Lord taught me 2 things today. 1 about leadership and 2 about prayer. Recently, I took the lead with one other person to organize a trip. When the response did not come like I thought it would, I got anxious and angry. I called my sister in law to 'complain' and to make a long story short, she told me that some of my frustrations just come with leadership! Even though she told me that early this morning, it stuck with me and God began to minister to me. Leadership and being a leader means you have to deal with people, many different kinds of people with different attitudes and opinions. Being a leader of a small group or a large group, it doesn't matter, it takes risks, involves frustrations and the ability to be able to work with others. Now, that ties into my the 2nd lesson that was taught to me. All of us read and sing about the Prayer of Jabez. We pray it with all the faith in the world. I have prayed it with all the faith in the world, but the Lord brought to my attention the part about "Enlarging My Territories". Now, honestly, do we think God is just going to enlarge our territories without any responsiblity on our part? The Heavenly Father that I know does not waste and opportunity to TEACH AND GROW US. In order for Him to enlarge our territory, we must be willing to be ENLARGED! That means He is going to lead us into certain situations where we HAVE to step up and take on greater responsibility. I am, in a sense already a leader. I'm a leader in my home and on my job but, God is using this situation to make me a leader on a bigger scale. He IS enlarging my territory!!! Let's not miss God by thinking He is going to do it a certain way: our thoughts are not His. I repented today and accepted the responsibility of this specific duty and I look at it differently now. Praise God!