The Spirit speaking through Ananias said to Paul in Acts 22:14 “The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. ¹⁵ For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.” These words, though spoken to Paul, come to you today. There is something about them that sting at the core of your being. These words are alive. Though you have strayed…though you have made many mistakes…though you are not what you want to be right now…though nothing is going right for you, the voice of God in you is saying “I have chosen you, that you should know my will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of my mouth. For you shall be my witness unto all men of what you have seen and heard.”

It is not strange that God wants you. He has made you in His image, after His likeness. He has put purpose into you.  Your life is not an accident.  The day you were born, even before then, God had a purpose for your life.  He knew His will for you, whether you acknowledged it or not. This is why there has been such a struggle in your life. This is why you have gone through great heartaches and pain in life. This is why the enemy has constantly tried to destroy you and yours. Because you have to be stopped. Somehow, you have to be turned back.  What God has put into you must never come forth.  It must be snuffed out, never to come to fruition in this world. But look, you are still here.  God has kept you. He has preserved you, believing that one day you would remember what you sensed in your heart years ago — that there is something special about you… that there is a special reason why you have been born. And only you can do what God called you to do.

History reveals that when God desires to shape or shake a nation or a people, to turn humankind from self, sin, evil and Satan to love, faith, righteousness and godliness, He always chooses a human being – not a system, not an organization…but a man or a woman.  Denominations, institutions, organizations, have somehow forgotten this and have their followers believing that it is the institution, the organization, the system, and/or the denomination that has brought them thus far the way.  But not so, it has been God working through His chosen vessels.  God working His will into their lives, His word into them, His Spirit into them, His faith into them that has made the difference in our world and in the lives of the people of the world today.  No institution ever produced a Mt.Carmel victory.  No denomination ever led in a Red Sea crossing.  No organization could ever plan and execute a lion’s den miracle.  God did it, using individuals who heard His voice and obeyed His will.

The enemy wants you to think that you are going to loose. He wants you to think that all is loss. But you have got to remember that you belong to the LORD. You came out of God. You have been born of God. You are in this earth for a reason, a purpose. God is going to use your life to pass His will through into this earth. And your life will glorify Him. Your life will be a praise unto Him. Just like the moon and the stars. Just like the birds and the bees. Just like the flowers and the trees. Your life will be a praise unto God and a reflection of Him in the earth.

Let us not live another day the way we have been living. Let us forget about what man will say. Let us be determined to live life the way God wants us to live in this earth. Let us take the word of God and let us be filled with the Spirit of God that we might know the will of God for our lives. And let us not be afraid to live out the will of God in the earth. Isaiah and the people of God were in a hard place, but look at the word that came out of the prophet. He said in so many words that hard times are not going to destroy you. The difficult places in life are not going to overcome you. Why? Because God is your God. God is your strength. Let God speak into your life when those times come. He will be the strength you need to make it through.

David was a man who learned to turn His life over to God. He was a man who learned to trust God completely. He was a man who lived in the word, who meditated the scriptures day and night. He found out that life was not his way, but God’s way. This is what you have to find out. This life is God’s way. All of your life must be in God’s hands. You must totally trust God. You must allow God to work in you His will. Then God will be strength to you. It is something when you learn that it is not about you. There is a surrender deep down on the inside of you. You give up your way for God’s way. You exchange strength with God, whereby God is the strength of your life. You find yourself. You find your purpose. You find all the help, the strength you need to do the work that God wants you to do in the earth.

Isa 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. In the trials of life, In the storms that come against you, God offers Himself to meet our every need. We are not alone. We are not forgotten. He is our strength. He is strength to the poor. He is strength to the needy in distress. All you ever will need in your walk with Him, He sees to it that you have it.

In times of uncertainty, we need assurance. We need God to be our help. We need God to be our strength. We need Him to be our anchor. But also there must come from our hearts and our mouths this declaration: God is my help and the strength of my life. You must say it and believe it. And then, you must stand on it with all of your faith, and God will bring it to pass.

We must know that God is able:

Able to deliver (Daniel 3:17)

Able to raise up stones to praise Him (Mat 3:9)

Able to keep us in His hands (Joh 10:29)

Able to build you up (Acts 20:32)

Able to make all grace abound (II Cor 9:8)

Able to do abundantly exceedingly above (Eph 3:20)

Able to keep you from falling (Jude 24)

Knowing this, keeps you. Knowing this, assures you that you can stand. Knowing this, assures you that God is everything to you.

This is why the Devil hates you. This is why your so called friends do not want you around. They know you have found yourself. They know that you know who you are and why you are in this earth. They know that there is something special about you, that you are blessed. For no one can honor the Lord so, without the blessing of God coming on their life. God is your life now. You are one with Him. Always look to the Lord to keep you. He will be your strength. You cannot keep yourself. You cannot make the way for yourself. Always depend upon God to help you in every situation. Never trust in your own strength. Never depend upon yourself. In all things, your help comes from the LORD. God will be your strength. When you stand at your end; when you do not know what to do; when there is no one else to help you, God will be all you need.

When you have come to the end of yourself; when you finally realize that your life, what you say and what you do, comes from God, you are able to say like Isaiah, “O LORD, thou art my God”. These are words of full surrender. You know that you cannot do just anything in life. You know that there is no other way for you, for God is your God. You live for Him 100%. You are ready to give your all, that He might become your all. And for those of you who really want to know how, He does it through His word. Always… always, when you find your place in God; when you find out why you have been created, don’t let anything or anybody keep you from fulfilling God’s purpose for being in the earth. We have been created to give God praise in the earth. We have been created to glorify Him. In all that we do and in all that we go through, we are to bring God praise and glory, for He is worthy.