I Guess My Bubble Was Burst The Other Day, In Regard To Ministry

The other day I shared with you about how I discovered a local ministry, for a brief moment I thought I would be able to minister again. I have not functioned in a ministry respect for over 3 years now since I moved to a new location. God gives you the gifts and talents within you and you should respect these gifts but also protect them too. What do I mean by that statement? Do not compromise your gifts or yourself just to operate in what you were created to operate in.
Just because I have not used these gifts in a ministry setting does not mean I have become dormant in practicing these gifts. I may not be sitting in a sanctuary with a set time to do ministry. I still function in the calling placed in my life in my personal life. I do not tolerate the darts of the enemy and just sit back and take it or allow it. Oh no, I know who I am and who Christ is in my life and I fight back. Maybe not in the manner that one thinks of as fighting. My battle is in the spiritual realm and I will not tolerate the enemy coming against me, my family, friends and acquaintances also. When I feel the atmosphere changing due to the enemy trying to alter something my spiritual antenna becomes very keen and I take action. You do know that you do not have to tolerate these attacks and those associated with you should become blessed and continue to grow in blessing because of the blessings in your life. You are called to be a blessing to those you are connected with. If you are anything less than a blessing to these people then you may want to consider if the enemy is attacking you. Seek Holy Spirit and He will show you the avenue to stopping the blessing in your life. Do you have unforgiveness towards someone, animosity, offense? Those may be areas that you may need to ask forgiveness in and then the blessing resumes. If Holy Spirit shows you that it is not anything of that nature and it comes from the enemy then you have work to do. Do not sit down and take it when you can silence the enemy. You have authority as a born again Christian, now use it.
If you knew that someone was about to break into your home and steal from you would you allow them to? Would you open the locked door in your home and let them it? I would hope that you would answer that as NO. If you would not allow it in the natural realm then why would you settle for it in the spiritual realm. I trust you are astute and not ignorant. Go forth and conquer and flow in blessings. Remember, you are only allowed to accept into your life what you allow to accept. If you are ignorant and do not have the knowledge then how can you fight back. If you are given the tools to fight and choose to not use them then it really is not the fault of anyone other than yourself. Why settle for garbage when the blessings of God are there to not only bless you but also others that surround and are connected to your life. It is better to be a blessing than a curse in their lives. Choose life this day and not the garbage sent to you by the enemy. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you and know that it is not in your own strength but it is through the strength of Christ in your life.
On with the story now. I contacted the ministry and received pertinent information. I will not connect with this ministry for they charge a fee for the person to receive their ministry. I will not go into details but when I did function in this ministry no dollar amount was placed on the ministry to be paid by the person receiving the ministry. If they felt led to give a free will offering to the church then they did so. There was no dollar amount attached to the ministry per say. I do not recall Jesus in the bible charging people a certain set fee to heal and deliver the people He touched did you recall seeing that? Now, it does state that His needs were taken care of. If He freely gave to others and He freely gave the gifts to you then should we not do the same. Yes, I understand that there are administrative expenses when dealing with a ministry (publications, mailings, staff expenses, etc.) and that is where organization and administration comes into play and must be in order. Is He calling you to a particular ministry? You know, a ministry can also be your daily work in the work force. Sharing your gifts/talents with those you interact with daily. Seek Him, Godly counsel, advice from TRUSTED AND TRUE (that have weathered the storm) Advisors. Fast and pray and let Holy Spirit reveal to you the timing as to when to move forward or to not proceed at all. If you get the red light at this time in your life it does not mean it is not to come to be it is just not the right timing and when the time is right it will happen. Just because you see the dream or vision does not mean it is appointed for today, this very day. Sometimes we are shown the vision and it may take days, weeks, months and even years in some circumstances. Yes, I did say years. Do not lose hope wait upon the Lord and He will fulfill it in His perfect time. It will truly bring glory to Him and when you look back upon it it will bring a smile to your face too. Do not step out of timing with God's vision. Let Him bring it to pass and it will be glorious. Trust and obey for surely it is the only way.