The Assignment

I remember when I walked in her office…she was offering me a job that I did not want to take…I didn’t want to be there…I had asked God for a job but this certainly couldn’t be His answer…I had seen myself doing something more significant…something that was greater…I had ability that was beyond this…and the wages for this job was minimal…As I sat in her office…I was deflated…I felt like God had forgotten me…How could He think that this is what I prayed for? It was not what I wanted…but this woman began speaking…and what she said reminded me…of my prayer when I asked Him for a job…I said…”Lord I don’t just want a job…I want whatever I do…to have purpose and meaning..I want to be an agent of change in the place that you send me”…so as this gentle woman spoke…her words began to invade my thoughts…she whispered “you are an answer to my prayers“…as she spoke…my arrogance became humility and I realized that this was not a job at all…this was a divine assignment…I took the job…and every day was harder than the day before…the tension in that place was palpable…I considered resigning weekly…I begged God to release me…but an assignment only ends when the thing that is to be accomplished has been fulfilled…I discovered later what she meant when she said I was an answer to her prayers…there was a “giant” in this place that needed to be slain…and the Lord called me to be a “David”…the assignment was mine…and He had equipped me with all that I needed to not only face the giant but to remove him to restore peace…I knew why I was there and what seemed like a position that was beneath me…had now become something great…the thing that I thought was meaningless…was full of purpose…I was sent there to be a deliverer…to set captives free…to shift the atmosphere…no…it was not easy…but the rewards were amazing…the pay was not much…but the kingdom of God rejoiced….and I received the overflow…to be used by God…to be trusted to restore order…to see His power in me shift the atmosphere…there is no paycheck that can compare to hearing heaven applauding and knowing that the Father is pleased…this wonderful woman and I are still friends and we sometimes speak of our first encounter…we both know that God used us to defeat the powers of darkness in that place…Sister…I pray that if God has assigned you to a place to combat darkness… to exude light…to exact change…to defeat the enemy…I pray that you don’t view it as I did initially…that you don’t see it with your natural eyes…but that you would remember what you prayed and that you will accept whatever the assignment is…I promise you…He chose you..and you will experience His power in a new and different way …your reward will be great and you will hear heaven applaud…you may think it’s just a job…and maybe it is…but suppose it is an assignment…

“But get up and stand on your feet, for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you. Acts 26:16

Lord…in everything that I do…please remind me that there is always something greater attached to what I see…allow me to recognize why you have called me…and give me your strength to accomplish what you have assigned me to do…in Jesus name