The Lord's Calling by Elizabeth Bledsoe

Have you ever been sitting in your apt or car and suddenly a friend pops into your head? And you just shake your head and move on with what you are doing. Or have you ever had words come to your mind that you know you should say to a friend, but they don’t make sense to you, and you just brush it off?

That isn’t just coincidence that is God speaking to you. That’s God trying to use YOU to speak to someone else. And we need to learn to listen, because someone else’s life may depend on it.

Last night while on facebook I was talking to a friend, she has been having a rough few weeks and just really going through a lot. While talking with her I could hear someone telling me I need to tell her something’s but I just brushed it off and ignored the voice. It kept getting louder and finally I said okay God what do you want with me! I remembered a message at IHOP about how when we hear that voice and when it’s speaking about someone, we need to stop and say, “Lord I am available what do you want to do with me.”

So I gave it a try last night, I said what do you want with me. The Lord laughed and said sign on as Mr. Compliments you nicely (facebook profile) I have some work for you to do. So I signed on using a different internet browser so I could still be signed on. I went on, and just waited, he (God) drew me to some people’s pages I wrote the first things that came to my mind and after a few posts, I thought I was done. NOPE! He lead me to a close friends of mine (friend I was talking to earlier) status, it was about Mr. Compliments and her wanting to know who it was that was posting on her wall, cause you see anyone can sign on as this person and post compliments to their friends or to anyone that is friends with Mr. Compliments. I, acting as Mr. Compliments responded to her post saying, I am a messenger from God. For she (my friend) had no clue who I was. We continued to speak for 3 hours back and for posting on her status thread. Whatever came to my mind I wrote, even if I was like whoa God what is that about? I still wrote it. I tried a few times to erase something but the backspace wouldn’t work. A few times I tried to stop my fingers from moving but they kept typing. That night on facebook, two friends were joined together by God. My friend was searching for something, she was searching for God, she needed to be renewed by him, she needed his guidance, and she needed his touch. She had been searching and searching and was coming up empty. And I, needed to see God’s work be done, I needed to see him really work in someone’s life. Last night, late at night, God used me, Elizabeth, to be his messenger to talk to my friend. Today when I talked to my friend, she told me she met God last night and that she is just in awe over what happened. She had no clue it was me, her ordinary friend that she talks to daily, she did however find out later it was me, and that God used me to talk to her.

I had every chance to ignore his will, to say I am busy, I don’t have time, I don’t want to do this, it’s late, and she won’t listen. But I listened to him, I said I am available use me! And because of that my friend met with God last night for 3 hours and found what she was looking for. I challenge you this week to think about this and to next time when you are walking down the street or are in your room and you hear that voice speak to you, that you step back and ask the question, “Lord I am available what do you want with me?” And be open to receiving cause not only did my friend meet Jesus last night, so did I!
Psalm 28:6-7 (The Message)
Blessed be God—he heard me praying.
He proved he's on my side; I've thrown my lot in with him.
Now I'm jumping for joy, and shouting and singing my thanks to him.