When Roy Fields was doing ministry here a few weeks ago he said a couple of things that really hit me hard.
1. He said that God is not looking for people with just talent, but Hes looking for people with passion.
This has been resonating in my spirit for weeks now. I have been singing on stage performing, and singing on teams and leading worship since I was 6 years old. I have had numerous prophecies that God had a plan for me and that I would, eventually, be in full time worship ministry. That I would be singing and leading worship for thousands. I have held onto these words because they have confirmed what God has already spoken to me and to my parents for years. My whole life I have been known as the girls who sings, or the girl who has a great voice…but I dont want people to remember me because I can sing. That is my TALENT. I want people to remember Jesus shining through me as I sing out of a PASSIONATE heart that is lovesick for my Lord. I dont want to just be a voice, I want to be a voice that sings out of my deep love for my Creator. Roy Fields has been such an incredible inspiration to me and he has no clue. I love the ministry he and melanie have. I crave that kind of annointing and that fire and passion they have. God has used Roy and Melanie to change my life. Melanie especially spoke a couple words and spent some time praying over me and with me and ever since then something has changed in my Spirit.
Roy Fields was here in June and ever since then God has started a new work in me. Things that I used to do and didnt feel conviction for, I now feel conviction for…movies I used to watch I cant watch anymore, music I used to listen to I cant listen to. Roy and Melanie were here again a few weeks ago and while they were here Roy was leading worship and I was worshipping the Lord when I felt the Lord say to me, “Give me this year” and I began to argue with Him about all the reasons I couldnt. Excuses like not having enough time and having previous committments and the Lord repeated, “Give me this year and see what I do”. So I quit arguing, cleared me schedule for the year and am giving this year to the Lord. I am dedicating my extra time to studying the Word, worshipping with my out of tune piano, and tuning my ear to the sounds and harmonies of heaven. Never in my life have I felt so drawn to God, never in my life have I felt so close to God, never have I felt so wanted by God. I have never felt more desperate, more hungry for the fire and song of the Lord. I have never felt so passionate about what I know God has called me to do. I had made plans to attend beauty school in the fall and I felt God tell me to not go and give Him this year and I am doing that. I hear God telling me to attend ministry school next year and get the training I need to step into the call He has placed on my life. I am hoping to attend Masters Commission in Louisiana where my friend Kari is one of the Worship and Music Directors/Teachers. My heart has never felt so full, I have never felt such a passion for Jesus. I just want to be with Him all the time. God told me to start overwhelmin myself with Worship music so I have stopped listening to almost all secular music and am listening to mostly worship music so it gets in my head, heart and spirit. I dont want to just have talent but I want to be loaded with passion and a servants heart!
The other thing Roy said that stuck out to me was this:
2. Out of the overflow of your heart is what you give to others. Whatever is in your cup is for you but all that flows out if for you to give to others.
Today at the grocery store with Kelly, I felt the Lord tell me to pray for this girl. I walked up to her and asked if I could and she and her mom said it was fine. So as I prayed I watched the moms eyes fill with tears and I began to tell the girl a word the Lord gave me for her. The mom told me after that I was right on and that the girl was dealing with exctly what I had felt the Spirit tell me. I was shaking and nervous but it turned out awesome! I am not saying this to bring credit to me but to bring glory to the Lord for allowing me to speak into this girls life!
I have been focusing my life and time on my relationship with God. I have such expectation for this year. I am wanting my heart to overflow so I can pour that overflow onto others! I want to have my cup so full and overflowing that I wouldnt be able to contain myself!!!
God is doing such a great work in me I cant even begin to tell you, but what I can tell you is this:
GOD WANTS YOU! HE WANTS ALL OF YOU! If you are going to be a Christian then BE a Christian! DOnt live like the world half the time and like God half the time. You have to be all in or all out! God wants to pour into you not to keep it for yourselfbut for you to dump it out on others!!!
This is so awesome!I believe you will never regret your decision to give God this year!
Nanci, there is no turning back! God is blowing my mind I cant even tell you! God Bless you so much!!!!!
The more we give him of ourselves..the more of Him we receive back. Sounds like you aren’t holding a smidge back…I am excited to hear the testimonies of how He blows you away and all of Him. Loved this Sierra….
Sierra,
Mark this day on your calendar. God has asked you for a year, and He wastes NOTHING that we give Him. When this day next year comes, I want you to take a look back at what He has done in and through you during this coming year. You are going to see it as the absolute best year of your life. It will be the hardest year, but the best year all in one.
The Lord wants you to be the clay, pliable in His most capable hands. He will reshape you, mold you, fashion you as He sees fit. By the end this year you will feel like a whole different person. Your faith will be increased, the prophetic gift in you will be increased. You will gain a confidence, not based on yourself, but based upon what you know the Lord is able to do through you.
You will learn more and more what it means that He is the Vine and you are a branch. You will allow His lifegiving flow to go through you and produce fruit that others will partake of. You will allow Him to take out of you those things that stop up His lifegiving flow through you.
He will teach you humility which you so crave. You fear pride, and rightly so. God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. He will show you what it takes to remain humble…which is knowing that everything you are and are able to do is from Him and Him alone. If He removed His grace from you for one second, you would be done for.
Well, my dear Sister, the Lord got me up early this morning after a very long day yesterday, and I couldn’t figure out why. Now I know. It was so that I would have time to see this blog and comment on it. I believe the words I have written above are from the Lord’s heart to yours. I submit them to you for your discernment.
I love you bunches and bunches, Girl! I pronounce blessings, peace of mind, wisdom, joy and love over you! In Jesus’ name, amen!
Me
This was so encouraging Sierra. May you be blessed !
Hey Sierra, love the blog. I guess what we talked about has all worked out. I have told so many people this is the year for encounter. I heard an old video from the Brownsville revival where the preacher said, what if you look back from the year 2010 and realize you missed the whole revival, you never pressed in and you where never apart. Well, I was apart of that revival and it changed my life. Now in 2010, I’m so glad you won’t be one to miss this year of opportunity. 10 years from now, you will probably look back and say, wow, I had no idea this is where God would take me!! God Bless, we won’t miss this year!!