All He wants is our wholehearted yes!

Over recent weeks as I have chatted with people about the plans God has for me and my next step, several have spoken about how huge they think my yes to Jesus is and, in comparison, how little they think theirs is. After the first or second time of this, I found myself chatting with Jesus about it because it didn’t sit right with me. Surely our yes is our yes. What matters is whether it is wholehearted or not, or at least as wholehearted as we are able at the time of giving it to Him?

From my own experience I know that the wholeheartedness of my yes has grown over the years. When I told God he had my wholehearted yes 20 years ago, I was telling the truth with what I had at that time and, thankfully He accepted that as my wholehearted yes. 15 years ago the level of that yes had increased, and again 10 years ago, and again 5 years ago, and all of that led to me being able to give my wholehearted yes now to going to Zambia.

It’s amazing isn’t it? God knows what He has planned for us and He prepares us to be able to step fully into it and give Him our yes. Even when we are far from where we need to be He willingly accepts our yes and works with us on increasing it! I have always told Him that He has my wholehearted yes, that I would go where He asks and do what He tells me. I also know, that until this year, my yes would not have included giving up everything I own and moving to another continent without a clear plan of how it was all going to turn out! But the truth is, He has worked with me and enabled my yes to get bigger and more wholehearted as we have done the journey together.

So where is your yes at? Your yes is your response for your life and it will be very different to mine. The only similarity should be that our yes is as wholehearted as we can make it. Your wholehearted yes may never lead you to Africa but it will lead you into living the abundant life that Jesus came to give you and who does not want that?

So, if you find yourself looking at my yes, or anyone else’s, and thinking how big theirs is compared to yours, can I encourage you to run to Jesus and ask Him if you have given Him your wholehearted yes? I promise you, if you give Jesus your wholehearted yes, He will take you on the adventure of a lifetime that is perfect for you. It won’t look like mine because you are not me, but it will make your heart soar and your faith rise.

I’m so thankful that I do not have to be Charlotte Gambill, Jen Johnson, Heidi Baker or my friends; Amy, Lauren or Esther, though I love them all and am blown away by the awesome ways that God uses each of them. I just get to be me, Michelle, the best version of my I can be today.

What would it look like for you to be the best version of you today? It all starts with your wholehearted yes.

Thanks for reading.

Adventures with Jesus! Happy heart! Blessed indeed!