Do we believe in God and His Ministry ?—R Fritz
Most people just want to live their lives their way, even though they are believers. They pray, go to church, and read the Bible, all the things we should do as believers, yet we are missing something. It is having that close relationship with God that we do not have. Eventually, we start to investigate God, trying to find him. When I started to see the spiritual things the Holy Spirit was doing with other people, I told God I would help. That is when I started to change my relationship to get a better relationship through the Holy Spirit because we were working together. I started with the Holy Spirit giving me small parts, such as praying for people or situations, before long, I was doing bigger parts. Eventually, it was I who left my house, with God placing me in various situations and circumstances where I could be used for His glory. Matthew 22:14 says, “For many are called, but few are chosen.” We are invited to be part of the kingdom; we must choose Jesus and speak, and let our actions show we are part of God’s kingdom.
Going through the spiritual battles, most people would not put me in a place where my relationship was great. There is always a price to pay for the time I spend doing God’s work. There is also the blessings I receive that most people will not get. We must lay down our lives for our fellow man every day, where our love for God gets us through the times, we find it hard to keep going when it looks like nothing is going right. This year I was asked to be a head coach for a kids’ team after last year being an assistant coach. The head coach resigned for health reasons. It is not what I wanted to do, as it was either me or possibly not having a team. I also knew this was what God wanted me to do. I knew what the result would be for the team. It was what was in between the beginning of the season and the end that was hard with me to deal with. In my eyes, how I wanted to run the team and how it went was a disaster for most of the season. I knew I would have to teach respect and do the right things to the kids, but not to adults. After one event, I spoke about respect to both kids and adults when nobody showed up for practice without adults letting me know their kids would not be at practice. I spoke that “I teach respect, and not letting me know when you will not be there was disrespect.” I battled thinking I was not good enough as a coach, as I knew Satan would not let me win without coming against me and making coaching a fight. A couple of weeks ago, a kid was one of the best in the state. Last weekend, we had a couple of kids end up being some of the best at the Nationals, where U.S. and Canadian kids were. One kid I said to them that “God had his hand in your life because of how you accomplished your feat,” as this person joined the team a couple of days before, as I asked this person to join us as somebody else could not make it. An opportunity that was from God because the Holy Spirit showed me why I should ask this person. Galatians 6:10 says, “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” Opportunity comes as we have to be ready because opportunity does not last forever.
After last weekend, the Holy Spirit showed about faith, not about man’s faith but about our faith in God, believing and trusting in him. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”The Holy Spirit showed me the beginning and the result of my journey. The faith came as all the things I had to go through where people knew I was battling and prayed for me. I knew the result would be great, and the issues would not matter after the results. We are put through tests to see how we will perform and react. These kids earned their way with God having his hand in their life, maybe for the first time.
We are given our opportunities where we can decide and become who we were meant to be. One of the things that I have seen is that with God, there is never a dull moment. We will never know if we do not say yes to God when asked. My mission was with kids, when I worked with adults, working with kids and adults showed me how people think. When I was at the Nationals, I found out the reasons why the adults did not do what I asked. After hearing their answers, I understood the decisions they made; it was doing what was easiest for them, as we had different roles. Mine was to let the Holy Spirit change what was needed to get the outcome that was needed because a kid that was not part of our group had to be brought in at the last minute, which was two days’ notice and became part of our group. This is something these kids will never forget. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. The LORD wants to give us a future and hope.
The Holy Spirit had a good reason why I was the one needed to be the coach responsible for what God needed. God brought people to help me at certain times, but it still was a struggle where Satan came to make getting things done tuff. We must trust and let faith become our tools for us to get God’s plan done, then let’s give God all the Glory. God Bless.
