Make Me A Fool For YOU

This post is from Abby Dietrich

“I Believe that somewhere deep down inside all of us there is a primal longing to do something crazy for God. We want to chase a loin like Benaiah. But our fear of looking foolish keeps us hog-tied and locked in the basement.”

Also: “Can tell you why some people have never killed a giant or walked on water or seen the walls come tumbling down? It's because they weren't willing to look foolish.”

I can tell you I used to be the first one to do anything to keep from looking foolish. I remember 5 or 6 years ago when I first began to lead worship for the youth, I had a rule on the platform called "No awkward pauses." I never wanted to look foolish or that I didn't know what I was doing. So I meticulously made sure that everyone knew their part. But the problem with that attitude is that you don't allow the Holy Spirit to be a guide. We can be so focused on making it happen that we shut out the voice of the Holy spirit and what He may be asking us.

Sometimes what He may be asking of us looks Foolish. For me that means sometimes I have to let those "Awkward Pauses" Happen( and they do). But the Lord has shown me so much though them, like how to trust Him and wait on Him. And He moves in those times. 1 Cor. 1:27 says:
God deliberately chose the things the world considers foolish, in order to shame those who think they are wise. Don't be afraid to look foolish in the eyes of the world, so He may be glorified in your life.

Abby Dietrich