NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT
Today's reading: Deuteronomy 1-3

"Then you confessed, We have sinned against the Lord! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the Lord our God has told us. So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to conquer the hill country." Deuteronomy 1:41 NLT

There's a common misconception in the Christian community. An errant thought that drives many folks away, bursts the bubble of those who are filled with zeal. It's nothing new, as you can see, it goes back as far as Deuteronomy...

It's the false thinking that anything God calls you to do will be easy.

Oh, you've believed it for yourself. You took the class He was directing you to take and immediately began thinking the lessons would just flow from your mouth, regardless of how much study time you put into it. You started attending the church where the Spirit was so greatly moving, and assumed upon sitting in the pew that His Spirit would continue to visit regardless of what you did to prepare your heart for worship. You stepped out to witness to another, knowing what to say, have the experience of your testimony--and still broke out in a sweat and thought you were going to throw up before they answered the door.

The Israelites didn't just have to strap on their fighting clothes and with a snap of their fingers the enemy was subdued. It took hard work, blood, sweat and tears to take possession of the Promised Land.

It'll take some effort, some concerted effort, on your part as well to receive all God has intended for you to get!