Fulfilled

What does that mean—fulfilled? Am I fulfilled? Remember those 5 books I said I was reading? Well, I finished with Fullfilled by Joey Lankford. (The refreshing alternative to the half-empty life.) Fulfilled won out for the book I’d finish first—about a local Tennessee family that gave up a great job and most of their material possessions to follow the call of God on their lives to South Africa, working with Living Way. The interest level kept me reading straight through and I enjoyed it, was inspired by it and I confess I’m envious of them. “Surrender!!” The big nine letter word. Fear has struck at this point. Can I actually pray: “God, anything. You have me.” Joey did. He surrendered everything to the Lord. That’s a hard thing for some of us to do. (or maybe just me) God wants our heart, our loyalty, and our trust. And we need to be ready for what he has for us. “There will come a time in your life when you’re going to need to be prepared. And you’re not going to have time to get prepared.” Pastor Mike Glen I’m a dreamer—God’s a dreamer too. God built us to dream. dream (n.) A strongly desired goal or purpose Something that fully satisfies a wish A visionary creation of the imagination Am I afraid God’s dream won’t coincide with mine? His ways are higher than our ways so maybe his dreams are bigger than ours. (I may have mentioned some of this in a previous blog.) So, what are my dreams? my visions? my passions? my purpose? Jennie Allen uses the following formula in her book Relentless: God’s Story + my threads + the need + the Holy Spirit=my purpose gifts talents passions dreams To go a little deeper: The story of God through Scripture + an understanding of myself and my resources + taking inventory of the need around me + the mystery of following the Holy Spirit’s leading=obediently living our purposes. “Build a working understanding of the ways you have been created, the stories that have been given to you, the passions in your soul, the people in your path, the places you are to be, and the purposes the Holy Spirit is calling you toward.” A couple of years ago, I believe I was given a vision of what I was supposed to do. How do I live it out though? I have ideas, some of which have kind of fallen into place. I’m just not sure how to get started. I am hoping to get involved in something similar, locally for now. I’ll keep you posted in how it all plays out.