A Decision for the King

Praise the Lord, Chosen Women!

I just wanted you to know that the Chosen Women Conference "Power Team" (Ministerial Alliance) met this weekend, and WOW! September is going to be awesome! Prayer is going forth and plans are being made in anticipation of your arrival. What are we anticipating? Healing, breakthroughs, deliverance, fellowship, relaxation -- whatever it is that you stand needing from the Lord! All roads lead to Valencia, CA on September 10-11, 2010. Get ready Ladies! It won't be long!
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Yesterday I was blessed to attend my niece's Baby Blessing! What a glorious event. It is rare for me to be away from my home church on a Sunday morning. When these occasions come I go with anticipation. I was not disappointed! My sister's pastor preached, "A Decision for the King."

He intricately weaved a message that focused on LeBron James' (whom I discovered refers to himself as 'King') decision to go to Miami. The preacher spoke of the backlash that will come when we make a decision for "THE KING," Christ Jesus. He also spoke of our freewill to NOT choose to live for the King.

The pastor also assured us that when we choose other things (e.g., complacency, sin, a man/woman, cigarettes, alcohol, weed, a job, fear, etc.) over the destiny that the Lord places before us; those things that we choose over God will bring us to a low place.

The preacher further stated that if we do make a decision FOR the King then we are surely making the decision that is best for us. Moreover, we have got to understand that there will be a cost associated with making that right decision. We might have to take a pay cut; we might have to relocate; we might have to endure being seen as disloyal or self-serving; etc. (any of this sound familiar in relation to the LeBron sound bites all week long?) Regardless, a decision to follow the leading and direction of the Lord instead of the opinions of man or even our own desires will surely bring us to a blessed place in the Lord.

It really is all quite simple -- and best said in Duet. 30:15-18 ~ the key scripture from yesterday's message: 

See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil. [If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess.

But if your [mind and] heart turn away and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall surely perish, and you shall not live long in the land which you pass over the Jordan to enter and possess.

The children of Israel were about to finally enter into the promise and needed to make decision about how they were going to live -- whether all the way for God or not. At this point in life I personally find myself especially determined to do what God is telling me to do, in spite of what it might cost me. I do not want to miss my opportunity to live and rejoice in my Canaan after going through the wilderness! I am sorry if some do not understand my ways. Like LeBron -- I've got to do what is best for me and mine!

I am sorry if you think I am not loyal because I am not doing what you want me to do nor taking the path you want me to take. I've just decided to make a decision for the King! I am sorry if you feel uncomfortable -- I am holding fast to the standards entrusted to me. I cannot take down to make you comfortable. Perhaps you need to come up a little higher! I am even sorry if you think I am 'holier than thou.' I might not be holier than you -- but I have certainly been made holy by HIM!

Sometimes I find myself wondering, "Lord, will the people think I am immature or emotionally led by what I write?" I realize I can no longer worry about that either. I write what God tells me. I have to trust that the intended recipient gets it and it speaks to where s/he might be.

I realize that so often I write from a place of exposing thoughts and feelings. Saints are often unwilling to do this. I have wondered if I would be ill perceived. Just because I write about how I feel it does not mean that I am LED by those feelings -- I am LED by the Spirit of God. I do not give in to feelings -- I talk about them and expose them for the purpose of teaching and for ministry's sake. I've made a decision for the King!

So to my sister or brother that might be feeling misunderstood or rejected -- remember that eagles must fly alone. You have been favored by God -- though it might hurt. And, if you are at a crossroads, I encourage you to make a decision to embrace God's choice for your life so that you may be blessed in the land that you go to possess. No looking back -- no turning back. Make a decision for the King!

Have a wonderful week in Him!

In Service for the Master,
Evangelist Lisa Y. Mitchell