Have you ever tried to play a sport with the wrong equipment? You can’t play baseball with a football, or play football with a hockey puck. How about trying to build or fix something with the wrong tool? Frustrating isn’t it?
When trying to move ahead in life with your career, switching careers, or serving God in the ministry can be frustrating as well. The plan is not working as we thought it was supposed to. Or at least how we thought it is supposed to work.
God says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways”. So often we plow away in life’s tasks thinking what we are doing is the right thing. There are times we are even burning out. Perhaps you feel like this right now and your “dream” is not what your supposed to be doing! God may have other plans that are bigger and better for you, but you are convinced this is what I’m supposed to be doing, because some motivational speaker or attending a hyped up convention or church meeting told you different!
“The ways of a person may seem right in there own eyes, but in the end lead to destruction”. God used two profound men Peter and Jonah they were both stubborn but until they surrendered their lives to what the Lord wanted, God could not equip them for the task He called them to. If you’re called to be an eye doctor then be an eye doctor not a heart surgeon. You get my drift.
The bottom line is that when God calls and appoints us, or we are gifted for a certain task in this life then do it. The Lord will always equip us for the right task if we allow Him to help us. We just have to get out of our own way, not giving up, and ask the Lord to surrender, trusting Him completely. It may not make sense now, but I promise you if you release your task to Him, God will pave the way just like He did for David defeating Goliath. When God appoints, He anoints!
“So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah. 1 Samuel 16:13 NIV
“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NLT
“God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful”. 1 Thessalonians 5:24
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Greetings! My name is Andy Provitola and I live in New England on the South Shore between Boston and the beautiful Cape Cod region.
The purpose of my blogging and writing is to encourage you in your journey here on planet earth. Life is full of pressing issues and problems and my desire is to discover a place for peace, hope, healing, and contentment. I am a follower of Jesus Christ – God’s one and only Son and I discovered these truths along my own personal journey.
Having discovered a personal relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ does not mean I have to be religious to attain the rewards of heaven. The fact is God provides grace for us and accepts us as we are in His image. In other words, we cannot attain heaven or life eternal on our own, but by God’s loving grace and no merit of our own. Simply by accepting Him by faith and believing.
My goal is to continue to find a balance of life from a spiritual and practical perspective with a purpose to please and glorify God in all that I do because of His ‘Gift of Grace’.
God is not transcendent and so far away that he is out of reach with humanity. God desires that His presence lives within us and not just in the galaxies and the universe. Experiencing the unconditional love of God has been so rewarding and while discovering the truth and purpose for my life. Moving forward in this life is not a sprint, but a marathon when it comes to this race here on earth.
I am blogging because I find it is a good way to connect in a much more effective and efficient way when it comes to communicating and interacting with people that I know or do not know. Blogging and writing challenges me and also stretches me specifically in my thoughts, my mind, my emotions, and my spiritual life. To live a vertical relation with God and a horizontal relationship with others.
There will be a variety of topics and subjects to address including youth, young adults, family, singles, seniors, relationships, etc. Some of the topics will include God’s creation and power, depression, loneliness, suicide, hope, healing, setbacks, financial matters, business, stress, anxiety, care, encouragement, and so much more.
I would like to connect with all walks of life, ethnicity, culturally, other religions, socio-economics, and in so many more ways.
I am currently writing a book and several memoirs about my own life and journey . The journey begins at a young age growing up in Malden, Massachusetts, specifically Maplewood Square to where I am today. I became paralyzed from the waist down as a senior in high school and I share how my life changed for the better!
“But I do not consider my life as something of value or dear to me, so that I may [with joy] finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus. To testify faithfully of the good news of God’s [precious undeserved] grace [which makes us free of guilt of sin and grants us eternal life]. Acts 20:24 Amplified Version
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