Joy and Peace for a Day

"Wait with me for a while. I have much to tell you.  You are walking along the path I have chosen for you.  It is both a privileged and a perilous way: experiencing My glorious Presence and heralding that reality to others.  Sometimes you feel presumptuous to be carrying out such an assignment.
Do not worry about what other people think of you.  The work I am doing in you is hidden at first.  But eventually blossoms will burst forth, and abundant fruit will be borne.  Stay on the path of Life with Me.  Trust Me wholeheartedly, letting My Spirit fill you with Joy and Peace."  (1 Kings 8:23; Galatians 5:22-23)

I read the above devotional and the only word that came to my mind was "wow."
I recently have stepped out and done what I would call "unbelievable or unimaginable" things that the Lord has lead me to do.  I have learned that I cannot do anything a part from Christ. When I do things in my own strength, it does not go well.  I have come to realize that people see things in the flesh and quickly believe in what they see; not relying on faith at all.
It is difficult to carry out assignments from God that are irrational to the world. I have learned that when I trust Him wholeheartedly, the devil will use friends and family to stir up trouble all because of God at work in my life, but God's Spirit fills me with joy and peace. The joy and peace I am given is by Him and not as this world wants to give it to me.

Are you having a hard time walking with God and carrying out he assignment He has for you?
Be of good courage and know He is doing a work in you that no one can see; not even you.  Trust in the Lord with all your being and be sensitive to what the Holy Spirit is leading you to do. You won't go wrong in the care of Jesus.

~Be encouraged