We can come up with elaborate ways to do what we believe is right in God’s eyes but really he just wants us to listen to him and be obedient to his voice.
There were many years that passed where I had felt hopeless and mediocre. I saw myself as that a girl who just wasn’t all that great at anything. I was “just OK” at many different things…
When I as eighteen years old I did an internship at a Christian ministry in Texas. During my time there we would have various retreats that we were required to attend. My favorite retreat that we did was the “Vision Retreat,” which was two and half days of fasting and praying about God’s vision for our lives…
As I have been discovering my identity at a deeper level I have realized that the orphan mentality needs to be completely uncovered. What do I mean by “orphan mentality”? An orphan mentality can happen in Christ followers who do not fully understand that we have been adopted by Christ.