When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” This article was first published on The Project J and is republished with permission.When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”Īfter breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. May we take our yeses seriously too.Īnd hey, it’s may be your small yeses that change the world. He takes our yeses and changes the world. He uses our yeses to impact others, people groups, or even nations. To do what the Lord asks of us daily even though we feel fear. Leaders are not born fearless – they do it afraid.Īnd that’s our job. Take a closer look, those phrases were often used to address audiences who were fearful. God said “do not fear” or “do not be afraid” almost a hundred times. Doing it afraidĪll throughout Scripture, God spoke to His people about fear. But in the midst of running errands for his father, David was given the opportunity to kill Goliath and bring God glory, which paved the way for his destiny to be fulfilled.Īre you content to be nameless? 3. He was regarded as a “nobody” in the eyes of men. Already anointed for kingship, David ran errands for his father and served his older brothers. He attended to King Saul, as he was told. He resumed on his daily duties tending sheep. We can choose to say no to the seemingly unimportant things that come our way, but remember this: David did not become king immediately after Samuel anointed him. God opens the door to divine opportunities when we stay faithful to steward what has already been entrusted to us in our season. Often times, saying “yes” means doing what is currently placed in front of us. Working under difficult company management. Our “yes” gives God the permission to actively prune us, to put us through fire to burn away all the impurities – so that He can make our hearts pure and our hands clean to do what He has purposed for us.įeeling the burn? 2. Here are a few possible pictures: THINGS WE CAN SAY YES TO 1. So what does saying “yes” look like for you? How can we live out our “yes”? If you want your “yes” at the altar to mean something, don’t neglect the “yes” of every single moment. We cannot keep saying “no” to the daily, usually mundane, tasks and expect the “yes” we say at the altar to end up impacting the world. “It’s the ‘small’ and daily yeses that give weight to the ‘big’ yeses you offer during altar calls. If you want your “yes” at the altar to mean something, don’t neglect the “yes” of every single moment.įinally, on the last day of 2016, the Lord spoke to me in the bathroom. My response to that casual suggestion stuck with me for days and weeks. I didn’t know that saying “no” had become such a norm for me until that brief conversation. “Hey, you can definitely prayer-lead!” My reply: “No, I can’t. Slowly, I started to reject more and more assignments because it seemed like there were far more qualified people out there to do it.įast-forward to December 2016, during a gathering, a couple of friends causally mentioned the possibility of me being a prayer-leading at a meeting. That was just a better way of saying I was scared to do those assignments. Some I gladly took up because they seemed to be within my capabilities, but I turned others down because I deemed myself unqualified. So you want to be sold out: But at what cost?Ī few years later, I found myself receiving opportunities to serve and lead in church ministries and my workplaces.
With that, more yeses were offered to God throughout my years growing up. During missions weekend in church, I remember giving my life to the call of missions, to live fully for Jesus and to see the Gospel brought to the ends of the earth. I’ve had my share of saying “yes” at the altar. What a beautiful picture it is to see many walk to the altar, giving their “yes” to God. One of the most heartfelt and best moments for me during church services or conferences is to see individuals responding to the Word.