what can stop us.

ministry is frustrating and discouraging sometimes.

but God reminds me that i am His and so is this life.

God was telling Moses to lead the people. He reassures Moses that His presence will be with him and that He will give him rest. Moses said to the Lord, "if your presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?"

and the Lord said back to Moses, "i will to the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and know you by name"

then Moses said, "show me your glory"

so this is how this story is speaking to me: working in ministry, i hear the question, "what job are you going to do when you graduate?" or "are you going to get a real job?" and i'm not bitter or angry toward these questions because they are legitimate. however, they do make me think about where my life is going. I question my position and i question getting a degree in ministry. but God tells me, just like Moses, that His presence will be with me.

I have known no greater joy than when someone wants to and decides to give their life to God by surrendering their heart. I can't imagine leaving that behind & i know that by rejecting God's call for my life I will be missing out on what my life is meant for.

His spirit is ALWAYS with me...regardless of the ways I am tempted or the way i feel sometimes.

In the book of Acts when the apostles were being prosecuted, Gamaliel (who was a teacher of the people & was highly honored) said to the Sanhedrin (who was intending to do the persecution), "in the present case i advise you: leave these men alone! Let them go! for if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God."
Acts 5:38-39, 6:7

"..so the word of God spread. the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith..."