Doubting God's Promptings

“I knew Jesus wanted me to share it, but I was convinced it would have zero impact.  How wrong I was!”

I had just finished teaching the morning Bible study at a women’s retreat.  While the ladies broke out into small groups, I sat by myself, praying about what I was teaching that night.  Suddenly, in my spirit, I felt there was a woman who was struggling to trust Jesus.

Immediately following that sense, I saw a vision in my head of God holding a newborn baby with a woman standing in front of Him who had given Him the child.  Unexpectedly, the woman became fearful that God would drop the baby, so she took the child back into her arms to control the outcome.

That was the first and only God-given vision I have ever received.  Yet, as it unfolded in my mind, God spoke to my spirit, saying, “The outcome is not for them to control.  It is up to Me to determine.  They need to place their precious baby in my Hands and trust Me with the outcome, even if it is not what they want it to be.”  I knew this vision was something Jesus was leading me to share that evening, so my excitement about it intensified.

After I concluded teaching my evening Bible study, the previous excitement I had about sharing this vision became a threat to my already-gloating insecurities, given the glazed look on the women’s faces and the few I had put to sleep.  But I decided to take the risk anyway.  After all, how much worse could it get?  After I shared it, the women broke into small groups again, and I broke down in tears over what I perceived as a complete failure.

The next morning, a woman walked up to me and said, “The vision you shared last night was for me!”  I stood in disbelief listening to her talk about how she was not trusting Jesus with her daughter’s life and how God spoke to her through that vision to release her child back to Him.”  Then another woman approached me telling me the same thing!  That was followed by another woman sharing the same type of encounter!

I share this because Jesus will sometimes lead us to do something we doubt is “of Him” based on our feelings.  It is so easy to dismiss godly thoughts, ideas, or promptings because we think it is too far-fetched to be “of God” or nobody will receive it as such.

My encouragement to you is to trust Jesus whenever He prompts you to act, even if you are not sure it is Him.  If you never act, how will you know?  So, I say, “Go for it!  What do you have to lose?”

Has this ever happened to you?  Let me know in the comments.