My Inspiration

Building With The Right Tools

By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image credit:

When God calls us to build something, we can be assured that He has already equipped us with the right tools to get the job done. He has freely given us all of the tools. We are equipped with God’s promises of healing, provision, success and peace; we must activate them by doing our part.

Noah committed to getting all the materials instructed in God’s blueprint and assembled them in faith, without

procrastination, or concern about being called crazy. Sometimes, we just have to step out on unwavering faith and not allow other people to push us towards self-doubt.

I vividly remember the Spirit of the Lord told me once, “If you would be more concious of Me, you would be less self-concious.” Our focus on God gives us the confidence to lay aside every unnecessary weight and sin while we are building what He told us. The Greek definition of “weight” means “burden.”

We can easily take on weight from the opinion of others, or the world’s ways of doing things. These weights can wear us down and prevent us from reaching the finish line. Runners who train professionally for marathons understand the need to rid themselves off excess weight.

They are at their best when they maintain a proper diet

and exercise regimen that builds the stamina needed to reach the finish line. What kind of diet do you have? Are you exercising your faith? Are you making the Word a priority in your life so you can run? Healthy spiritual “diet” is a tool that can help you build on God’s promises for your life.

We can strengthen our faith muscles by freeing ourselves from people and their opinions. God’s approvalis enough. To build your life on the promises of God, you’ve got to ignore the hecklers. Jesus ignored the mockers in His life and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

That’s the type of favour we want to walk in! I have had to make some “against popular opinion.” God always shows me next steps when I “feed” myself the Word and “exercise” my faith. He shows me who I can work with and helps vet the ideas that will give Him glory and build something great for His purposes - not other people.

What ways have you let the fear of rejection, or the approval of people paralyze you from doing what God told you to do? We should apply this principle to every area of our life. The right way, with the right tools, is much more essential to building success than any popularity contest will ever be.

Sometimes, we just have to step out on unwavering faith and not allow other people to push us towards self-doubt.