Know the Author

I’m not a confident, outgoing, extroverted person. I’ve always been quiet, shy, not good at surface level conversation. The scariest thing I have ever done (scarier than having a child) is putting myself and the word God has put on my heart out there for the whole world to see, interact with, and be changed by. After years of saying no to God, I realized I had no authority to overrule God’s plan for my life – it was through my own weaknesses that His glory would be revealed (2 Corinthians 12:9). But even through all the movement and the way God was doing things, I still had a little fear in the back of my mind wondering what the future had in store.

My very first mini devotional had been written, and it was time to start getting some advertising put together. The day I was scheduled to get pictures done, I went through a complete downward spiral, questioning my every move up until that point. But I decided to just go through with it anyways, and I would make up my mind later. I got myself together, got in the car, and the whole way there I prayed to God, telling Him if this is what His plan was for my life, override my own fears and make it happen. It’s for His glory anyways, not mine; I am merely a vessel.

When I got there, not only did my friend pray over our session before starting the pictures (that’s a keeper right there), but I noticed this little note in the coffee shop while we were getting started (see picture at the top). God put a word on someone’s heart. Instead of saying no out of fears that it would look weird, or that someone would judge them, they wrote that note and put it out there for anyone to see. I knew right then and there that God was thinking of me when He told that person to write that note. I realized that afternoon that God’s plan is so much bigger than us. It’s not even about us. It’s for His glory. There’s no reason to fear whatever God asks us to do because no weapon formed against us shall prosper anyways (Isaiah 54:17).

I knew that overcoming my fears and launching this ministry was going to feel like defeating my personal Goliath. But even bigger than my fears is my love for God and my desire to follow His will. We all have a job to do, we’ve all been given a task and a purpose while on this earth to advance the Kingdom of God. He doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. There’s nothing God will ever ask you to do that He won’t train you and pave the way for. But more importantly, there’s nothing God will ask you to do and leave you alone to figure it out- God is always with you, walking before you with a victory, and through your testimony God’s glory will always be revealed.

What is God calling you to do today? I would love to hear how God is training and equipping you!

Blessings,

Tori Carver