Israel Houghton was visiting a friend, Bishop Garlington, and began telling him about his morning apologies to his wife. Israel said every morning, he'd roll over and look at his wife and say, "I'm sorry." She asked what for? He would explain, "Well, I know throughout the day, I'm going to do something that upsets or offends you on purpose or on accident, so I thought I'd just go ahead and say 'I'm sorry' now before I do it."
Bishop Garlington laughed as he told us this story last week. Then, he gave that kind of chuckle that says "Boy, I didn't know what I was getting into." A few days after this original conversation, Bishop woke up and God said, "Say 'Yes.'"
Confused, Bishop asked, "Say 'Yes' to what?"
God replied, "Sometime throughout the day, I'm going to ask you to do something, so just say 'Yes' now and we'll go ahead and get it out of the way." So Bishop did, and so God did.
The idea is that our lives our His. He invites us to join Him in the fun, but most of the time we are frustrated with life because of 1 of 2 reasons. 1) Satan is trying to pretend he has authority in our life and we believe and empower him to mess with us, or 2) our lives our divided. We've got one foot in one wagon and one foot in the other and the wagons are trying to split. Saying "Yes" at the beginning of the day moves you over into one wagon where you can enjoy the ride. Many times we'll say we want to hear God or do what He says, but when that time comes we really have our own plans and dreams that we'd rather pursue. So lets make our live easier and just say 'Yes.' I'm around awesome people who are doing incredible stuff for Jesus. What makes them special or unique? They just keep saying 'Yes.' That's it. So my challenge to you for today or tomorrow. Just tell God 'Yes.' Before we start, "Yes."
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