Barely Strength to Speak?

Daniel 10:16-17,
"...I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I am helpless. How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe." NIV


As of late, God keeps bringing me back to the life of Daniel. I guess because I can relate so much to how he feels in this passage of Scripture. It's not that anything is wrong...it's that what God has shown me is so big!

When Daniel prayed this prayer, he had just seen God's vision. The vision overpowered Daniel's cognitive ability to comprehend just how awesome God's plans were. He couldn't understand the whole picture...he felt as if all of his strength was gone...to the point he could hardly breathe. The weight of what had been revealed was so enormous that he couldn't take it all in.

That's where I am.

God is revealing a vision for my life and ministry that supersedes my greatest imaginations. He's opening opportunities for ministry in over 7 different countries...and His vision of world missions and ministry opportunities are so BIG that sometimes it just takes my breath away. I feel as if I can hardly breathe. I feel as if I don't even know how to speak.

I start wondering How? When? With Who? Why?...But mostly HOW & WHEN!

Perhaps you are experiencing the same? Do you find yourself trying to FIGURE it ALL out? Ever wonder how God's call is going to fit with all the other pieces?

Hear God's promises...
Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." NIV

Isaiah 43:18-19, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." NIV

Isaiah 40:28-31, "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." NIV

God fulfills His promises; our job is to rest and allow Him to fill us with strength. When we are weak He will make us strong. We need to position ourselves to hear His voice and tell Him how we feel...and then...like Daniel allow Him to speak strength back into us!

Let us say YES to Him! Knowing He has given us everything we need that pertains to life and godliness!

PRAYER: Father, You truly are amazing. Your plans are sooooooo big. Fill us with You strength. Fill us with courage. Help us to remember it's not by our might, or by our power, but by Your Spirit we will do all things. Fill us with Your presence and shower us with Your Favor! Fulfill all of Your Plans for our life. We say YES to You! In Jesus Name, amen.