"Lead me Lord; I will follow. Lead me Lord; I will go.
You have called me; I will answer. Lead me Lord; I will go."
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Our church was blessed with the opportunity to have Wayne and Elizabeth Goodine come conduct a choir clinic (alliteration?) a couple of weeks ago. They shared many songs they had written, but this one in particular really struck a chord within me. "Lead me Lord; I will follow..Lead me Lord, I will go…You have called me, I will answer…Lead me Lord, I will go."
You have called me….I have heard so many people talk about how instinctively they know what God had in mind for them. I'm listening, but I don't have a clear image of what God wants me to do with my life. I do not feel the persistent tugging of foreign missions, especially when I feel we have so many who desperately need salvation right here in the US.
I know the things that bring me great joy…could one of these things be my calling? I love music and I love to sing, but I don't have the gift of writing music, and I really don't think I have the voice to make people really want to listen, even though I enjoy singing with our quartet 4His Praise. I suppose I have a gift of speaking, at least I don't have a great fear of speaking in public, but many times the words just sound dull and stupid in my own ears. Then there's Art. I can draw, I can paint, I'm pretty good with Graphic Design, but how can I use that for His glory?
Maybe I'm just having the same problem as Moses and Jonah as they desperately tried to change God's mind about their calling in life (though, Lord, I'd much prefer you get my attention with a burning bush rather than the innards of a great fish should it come to that point.)
Whatever it may be, I'm listening, and I am ready to follow where He leads….wherever that may be.
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