Let it Shine, Let it Shine, Let it Shine!

I went back to my students to visit them this week, and I sang with them about letting their light shine.  It is funny that while I am telling them about how important it is to let their lights shine the Lord has been telling me the same thing.  "Don't stunt yourself or hide who you are.  Be what I told you that you can be.  All things are possible for you."  This is what the Lord is telling me at every turn.  I was driving today and the message came on the radio. Shine.  I was reading my emails and got a message from my elder. Shine.  The words came out of my own mouth when I was singing with my students. Shine. 
I find that whenever I am about to do something unusual I constantly second guess myself.  That is perfectly normal.  I am very aware of my fallability, but there is no point in second guessing the work that God has placed before me.  When God gives an assignment it is not impossible to complete if I rely on God given supernatural ability.  God has given me the credentials that I need. There is no need to second guess what God has given me.  I have heard that there are people in this world afraid of failure and some people who are afraid of success.  I am not sure that I am afraid of failure because I tackle issues that seem impossible whenever I feel like it.  It is those times when I can see that something unbelievable could happen that I hesitate.  Why is that?  I suspect that it might be a fear of failure after success.  What if I succeed only to fall from such a height to failure?  The Lord's answer to me is that if he can lift me up he can keep me up.  I guess I am just guilty of little faith sometimes, but a little faith is better than no faith. God can move me from faith to faith and from glory to glory.  One step at a time the Lord is guiding my journey, and I am too hungry for more to resist his will.  Lord move me to greater faith so that you can receive greater glory.  Amen. 

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