When growing up I remember playing a game called tug of war. With this game you have two team. One team on one side of the rope and the other team on the opposite side. In the middle of the rope was a flag. The objective of the game was to pull the flag close to your side. The team who pull the flag closest to their side to the point the other team was about to fall into the sand pit or the mud is declared the winner.
I am going to do something different today. I will talk about my life as a tug of war in my walk with God.
Not since I really come to see things for what they really are my life was somewhat of a tug of war when it came to serving God. Do you know each day there are things that can get us off track when it come to serving God the way he want us to serve him.
How was my life a tug of war? It happen this way. God place so much on me at such a young age to be a light to others. I guess when you make the commitment to follow Christ Satan will stop at nothing to get you going in the opposite direction. The decision I made to follow God was true. The fact of the matter one mistake and it seemed like the end of the world for me. This was untrue God still had me under his wings.
The great joy came from going to different conferences and events to keep the word alive and fresh with your spirit. Doing things such as Bible study and teaching Sunday school was great it gave me an awareness I was on the right path from Christ. Yes I was at the point God was using me.
Something came up that change my pathway around. It wasn’t my commitment to follow God but I was seeking my own advancement. Yes the store I was working at wanted me to be an assistant manager. I took the job offer, but I totally didn’t leave God out he was just on the back burner and I said to myself I know I love God but this is the break I needed to be a great success.
As the years went on it was like a tug of war in my soul. The more u did things the more God was still coming up from the back burner and lighting things up inside of me. Yes I have fallen, I gave made mistakes, but one thing I never regret is the day I told God I will. I made the choice to follow him. I started off good but in the middle of it all it was about to fall apart,but God gave me live again.
I may have gotten on the wrong path, but God was able to put me back on the road he wanted me to travel. Yes there has been some hills to climb, but each day there is a lesson to be learn from God.
By doing what God ask or required, means a sacrifice must take place. A will of the heart by doing as he demands.
Now God has blessed me with this ministry, and who to say it was meant to be this at first. What took extra years to manifest it happened. God put it into place as it was supposed to be.
Just like the children of Israel they walked in the desert for 40 years until they got where they suppose to be.
The tug of war in my life it started off in serving God. When my own desire took over I just forgot things that God was doing. Before long I was going down the slope but still God had a hold of me and pulled me back and here I stand today to say.
Follow God don’t let things get in your way of serving him. Hold on to his hand and he will hold on to yours. Even in my worst time God was with me. Now he has given me the ministry of GivinHope. Helping Others thru Prayer and Evangelism. To bring life to other thru his son Jesus Christ. The Messiah, the Prince of Peace. The Savior and redeemer of the world.
To God be the glory now and forever GivinHope Ministry.
EVANGELIST JOHN CORUM
Givin H.O.P.E. Ministry of Evangelism 