1592 The Right One

God continually aligns opportunities for his girls … the problem is, his girls continually dismiss themselves from the opportunities. God isn’t dismissing you … you are. You’re talking yourself out of doing the things he is willing to make possible. You’re backing down from battles God has already assigned as a victory. You’re assuming you’re not good enough and overlooking that God never needed you to be anything other than courageous and faithful.

For every time you have gotten it wrong, God has covered you with one more time of making it right. Did you know God has been making right what you did wrong? For real, we have made some epic messes in our lives and look at how God has used those messes to become a powerful message about the love and redemption of Jesus? He made it right.

But God isn’t only taking what you did wrong and making it right, he’s making YOU right. Yes, God is making you right. God has called you righteous. Romans 3:22, “This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” Your faith alone has made you right with God.

You have been made right. You’re no longer the girl who did it wrong, you’re the girl who God made right, and that my friend, is pure power! I want to hang out with you, because I’m that girl too.

You are the right one for the job. You’re the right one to raise these kids. You’re the right one to break generational curses and change the trajectory of the lives of your entire family. You’re the right one to rise up. You’re the right one to go first. You’re the right one to refuse to back down.

I was recently introduced to the term “stubborn faith”. It’s a faith that just won’t quit. A faith that stares down impossible odds and doesn’t flinch. A faith that keeps fighting, keeps believing, and isn’t discouraged by circumstantial details.

To the girl who has been chosen by Jesus and made into the right one, God says, “Now I want you to have stubborn faith!” Isaiah 7:9, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.” Don’t you back down now. You’re the one to stand here in stubborn faith and know God has called you to this assignment, and he has equipped you for this battle. Oh, you may have dismissed yourself from God’s opportunities before, but not this time! No more talking yourself out of the opportunity to see God work through you. No more backing down from a guaranteed victory in the Lord. No more assuming you need anything more than courage and faith.

Gather your courage and hold on to your stubborn faith, Sis … it’s time to show up as the right one!

David was the right one. It’s easy for us to say that because we know the story of David and Goliath, and we know David wins. But the day David showed up to the battle lines where the giant Goliath had been taunting the Isralietes for 40 days, not a single soul knew David could win. The giant was 9 feet 9 inches and a trained warrior. David was the youngest and smallest of his 8 brothers, not even old enough to fight. He was just there that day to deliver lunch to his brothers who were soldiers.

But David had a stubborn faith. David knew God could do impossible things, and those impossible things could happen through him. David knew the only thing needed to be the right one was courage and faith. He didn’t need a sword. He didn’t need armor. He didn’t need a cheering squad. He only needed courage and faith.

Take a few minutes to read the story for yourself today in 1 Samuel 17.