Priscilla Shirer: You Go Through More Because You’re Called to More | Praise on TBN

Priscilla Shirer speaks at Lakewood church on TBN’s Praise. Do you ever feel like what you’re dreaming of is too far out of reach, too unrealistic to even pray for? Be strengthened as Priscilla Shirer shares how God will be faithful to equip you for what He’s called you to. The key is to never lose your intimacy with Him in the difficult and desert seasons.

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is that when the disciples come to him

tired he does not say

go away from me and get yourself

together

come back and then i can use you he says

come away with

me my 38 year old cousin

38 four small children

the day is coming and you don’t know the

day or the hour

neither do i when we’re gonna have to

stand before him and

give an account for how we handled what

he had

entrusted to us i’m asking you tonight

how are you handling your assignment

because young women if you think that

you’re young because of your age listen

to me

if you’re 20 but you only have until 30

you’re pretty old

if you’re 50 and you’re going to live

until 100 then you’re pretty young

age is just a number my friend and you

and i cannot qualify

young or old base births based on our

birth date

it’s based on our death date and since

we don’t know when that day

is that i implore you sisters by the

mercies of god to walk

in a manner worthy of the calling by

which you have been called

because listen i don’t know about y’all

but when i see him face to face i’m

looking for a well done

i’m looking for well done when i see him

he will not ask me

how many instagram followers i had

he will not wonder whether or not folks

liked my post

he will not be interested in whether or

not my selfies were perfectly lit

he will ask me did i know his son

and then i will give an account

so the disciples they come and they give

an account to jesus

i wondered if there was a recipe for

effective ministry because if these

guys were willing to come and look jesus

in his face and give an account i

figured there might be a recipe

for us for effective ministry i’m

interested anybody interested

there are three ingredients to the

recipe luke chapter 9 verse 1. it says

he called them he

called them and his calling superseded

any personal ambition that they had

they laid down whatever they were going

to do because they

heard the call of god beckoning them to

do something else

the beautiful thing about that entire

picture is that all of the glory of god

the father

all of the glory of heaven was packaged

in human

flesh jesus wanted so much god the

father wanted so much

to make sure that he could speak and so

that humanity could hear

that he left his throne in glory

put on flesh so that the disciples could

hear his call

and in the same way he has given us the

holy spirit

so that each and every one of us have

the privilege to hear

the calling of god on our lives

the conviction the unction depressing

the fire that is shut up in your bones

sending you in a particular direction

heed the call of god on your lives

then they were not just called i love so

much that before he skips to the third

ingredient in the recipe sending them i

love that before we get to the third one

there’s that second one

he did not just call but then he gave

them power and authority

it means that what he was calling them

to do he was simultaneously equipping

them with supernatural power to be able

to pull it off

so it’s good news for anybody in the

room that you feel like you’ve got a

dream

that is way over your head you’ve been

called to do something you don’t have

the money for you don’t have the time

for you don’t have the patience for

you don’t have the gifting for you don’t

have the talent for you don’t have the

connections for

the good thing and the great thing about

our god is that he does not call people

who are already equipped

he calls you and then for the people

that say yes

he equips them with what they need for

the calling

he entrusted them with power and

authority and can i tell you why this is

important

this is important because in order to

accompl

and accomplish supernatural tasks you

have to have

supernatural capacity in other words you

can be the most talented person in the

world

but if you go in your own strength and

power

you still won’t be able to accomplish

the god calling on your life

it requires what it is that only god

himself can give to you

to accomplish the task oh the enemy

hopes you will go in your own power

he hopes you will think you are flashy

enough and savvy enough and talented

enough and impressive enough

so that you will no longer lean on god

instead of leaning to your own

understanding but it is

not by power and it is not by might it

is by the spirit of god

and some trust in horses other folks

trust in chariots but not us

we trust in the name of the lord our god

so he called them and then he entrusted

them he gave them some treasure

and then he sent them

he’s the one who did the sending

resist the urge to send yourself

to do something that it is not yet time

for

because just as important as our calling

is that is equally as important as the

timing is

in which that calling is outworked in

our lives

and if you go too soon you might if you

if you give birth

too soon to that which god is trying to

produce through you you might

abort what it is that he’s trying to

accomplish in you

the spiritual backbone the fortification

that he was trying to establish in you

so that you could handle the spotlight

when it hit you because listen

that spotlight that you may be craving

if it hits you

and you have no character it will burn

you to a crisp

so he called them he entrusted them he

sent them out and they returned to him

and gave an account

they were tired the disciples had been

given it everything they had

and i know there are some of you in the

room and you would admit that you

haven’t done it

perfectly but man you’ve sure been

purposeful

you’ve been intentional about this

marriage you’ve been giving it

everything you’ve got

you’ve been intentional about that

teenager you’ve been giving that kid

everything you’ve got this

toddler that has this specific vent or

this specific issue

that you’ve been doing everything you

can going to see

every expert that you can reading

everything that you can to be the best

that you can

as a mother single mother you’ve been

giving it everything that you’ve got

working the jobs that you’ve got to work

to keep food

on the table you’ve been giving that

business that ministry that

endeavor everything that you have and

you

the disciples are tired

the good news about jesus is that when

the disciples come to him tired he does

not say

go away from me and get yourself

together

come back and then i can use you he says

come away with

me in other words

listen the cure for your exhaustion

is intimacy with jesus

that’s the cure y’all

i’m saying i agree take the holiday take

the vacation

tell them you need a little sabbatical

you got to step back for just a little

bit you need

a little margin in your life take the

holiday but don’t take a holiday from

jesus

don’t take the sabbatical from your

relationship with the lord prayer

shouldn’t exit your schedule because

these are your rest days

you still need to be the deer that pants

after the water your soul has still got

to be replenished and can only be

replenished

when you have intimacy with him

and you’re trying to figure out lord you

told me that i was gonna be replenished

you told me that i was gonna

refresh you told me that you had

something that you wanted to give

to me why would you take me here to this

place where i’m being pressed down by a

multitude of

issues and concerns and frustrations

there’s something overwhelming me that

is bigger than what i feel like i have

the capacity

to handle why would you bring me here

this tells us

that the story of the feeding of the

five thousand is not just about the five

thousand

it’s also about the disciples it’s not

just about the multitude getting fed

it’s about the disciples being fed

physically spiritually emotionally

and it tells us that the five loaves and

the two fish are the gift to the

multitude

but it’s the multitude that’s the gift

to the disciples

because the multitude is what’s going to

make them

have to finally open up their drawer

pull out the treasure that they would

have otherwise ignored

place it in the hands of a multiplying

master

who’s gonna show them what it looks like

when he takes their

little bit and makes it a lot there is

no

replenishing like watching god multiply

your loaves and fish

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