Breathe in the Spirit

I have been working with a volunteer who is advocating on behalf of a member of his church, and has been doing for a few months now. He’s offered his commitment and what he can bring to the table and is honest in his weaknesses. He’s determined to find them help because the burden this family is feeling is possible to be redeemed. He’s found the financial resources and is leaning into me to find the skilled labor and volunteers to help out.

He’s also figuring out through this process that this isn’t an easy process.

It takes a personal commitment and involvement. It’s taking him to dig into his own pockets and telling God that you can have whatever I have to fulfill your mission in bringing the Kingdom to Earth.

I just received an email from him a few days before we tackle this project stating that his small group who up to this point had been fully committed to helping on this project that they in fact cannot make it for other reasons. That his original commitment of volunteers is now diminished.

Here is the email that I sent to him in response..

No worries. We’ll manage with the resources God provides. He has never failed to meet the needs of a project that I’ve been a part of. He’s more likely to call us who step up to a greater commitment than the one we originally committed to but in that greater commitment, He’s waiting there to provide the very thing we’ve been wrestling in and desiring His will in.

As I wrote this email, I felt the Holy Spirit speaking these words through me to remind me of this very message. That He has not forgotten about the recipient, the resources needed, and He has not forgotten about me and my role in this.

I had been trying to avoid this project because of the frustration of what it takes to get one of these projects done. In this case, the resources were provided and my biggest struggle was finding volunteer willing to give up their time and help. Other cases it’s the volunteers I have and no resources.

I’ve been trying to put more responsibility on those who know the need to act on that need and not rely on someone else to fix or fulfill that need for them. Maybe in doing that I’m pushing it off my plate because I want them to fix it for me.

I know there is a balance in that…that’s why the journey is long