Leadership and Encouragement

On Monday of this week I headed to my weekly Bible study that I attend (BSF) and before the study got started, we had a time of fellowship that we share in once a month. This is a time for the women of our group to come and share what is actively going on in their life, how God has blessed or to share prayer concerns that they may have. This week, a fellow group member shared how her husband did not make it into the residency program that he had hoped so long for to get in to. Now, because God has taken this away from him, he is questioning his wife, his faith and wondering why God would do this to him. He has worked so hard for such a long time to get his schooling completed and to be able to be the amazing doctor he wants to be. It brought tears to my eyes as I watched and listened to this Godly woman share her story with tears and that she is fearful that her husband may give up on his dream and his faith. I shared with her that unfortunately there is a spiritual warfare going on between God and Satan and it is affecting her husband and that I had seen a similar thing happen to Josh when he became a Christian....baseball (his livelyhood) was taken away from him completely after he accepted Christ.

AFter I got home that night, I felt it in me that I needed to send her a note of encouragement and I happened to have her email address, so I shot her a quick email. I just wanted to tell her that all of her answers during BSF were so educated and her Bible background was incredible; her answers are always so educated and deep! I just wanted her to know that God would work something out for their good, but it would be in His timing. Little did I know, that she would end up encouraging me the next day. I recieved a response from her the next day in the afternoon and the timing could not have been more perfect as I was going through a struggle myself. Her encouraging words were sweet and uplifting. It is just incredible to me how God works in the smallest ways....God's definitely in the small stuff!

As I was about to leave BSF on Monday night, my leader approached me an asked if I had ever considered a leadership position. Being that it is my first year of attending this specific class, I had not thought about it; it never even crossed my mind. She told me that she is praying for me and that I should to do the same to see if God is encouraging me to lead. We are learning about Moses and his trip to the Promise Land with the Israelites, but that all started out with God calling him to the leadership position. Like Moses, I have my excuses as to why I won't be a good leader: I'm too young, I don't know enough, I am not a good speaker and definitely don't do well in front of groups! Moses told God that he wasn't a good speaker, he was too old and other excuses, but God was still able to use him. I spoke to my mom (a BSF leader back home) about this conversation and she said that I should consider it because I have the gift of encouragement and she thought I could be a good fit. I just don't know how people will view me as a leader....I have zero life experience compared to a lot of the women that attend this study. I guess all I can do is pray about and see where God takes me; I just have to be willing to let him lead me and not fight it.