I GOT WHAT I WANTED! (again)

Of all the things God has done through me, I've never asked Him for those personal assignments.
God came to me with the assignments, which were outside of and in addition to regular servanthood in a church.
Whether it was volunteering at a nursing home in my hometown in the late 1980s or
volunteering in some places in the Metro I live near now or
doing different things in churches,
God brought the assignments to my heart.

A few years ago, I heard teaching about praying to God about the next thing or another assignment in personal ministry.  I tried that but it didn't fit me.  I was so accustomed to God bringing things to me, because He knows me better than I know me, that using my prayer time for that didn't fit our relationship.
I did pray the prayer for a while, though, because that was what I was taught at that time. Then, I decided to wait and keep an ear out, like always.

My last 'next thing' outside of serving in a church, before that prayer request was the two radio stations. I went to a traditional station to give an announcement about a book signing and ended up doing daily TPMs for that one and an internet station for many years.  Somehow, in the meeting about the announcement, a question was asked, I remembered in 7th grade I wrote a list of things I wanted to do, one of which was printed 'daily breads'. The 'daily breads' ended up being audio daily thoughts for the radio listeners. So, that 'thing' ended in 2017 at the traditional station and 2022 at the internet station.

I wasn't pulling on God for the next 'thing' to do in my personal servanthood/ministry because I knew God would bring it.  Most people in the Bible, and probably since then, have not pulled on God for something to do, and He spoke or urged when the time was right. 

About a month ago (January 2025),
God said that I'm (me) already doing the 'next thing'.
2022 ended a thing God birthed through me in 2006. Another thing began a couple of years before that. It's not 'visible' to most but recognized and utilized by a few. I've actually done it on and off, here and there, since the late 90s. More recently, substantially more, more consistent, and on a deeper level. It is so common to me, that I missed it, i.e., didn't realize it was the 'next thing', until God pointed out who receives from/utilizes the calling. WOW!

This morning, February 24, 2025,
God said you got it the way you wanted it.
Explanation:  Although I haven't been pulling on God for the 'next thing', I have been praying about how it comes and maintains. Since, I was just me alone, not backed by a company or church or group, I appreciated the seen and unseen protection God provided.  See, this is the blessing of the last thing:  With the radio station, no one could interfere with me.  The owners and employees were loyal.  When...if...anyone, no matter who it was, suggested I be removed because they didn't like me or the content or whatever, the station was loyal to me.  They didn't let anyone, known, unknown, relative, friend, hater - sway them from their connection with me. The internet station was basically the same. 
SO, for all the remaining 'next things' God assigns me in my personal ministry/servanthood, has been that same type of relationship - me providing what's needed spiritually, them being loyal to not being swayed away from me by naysayers, meannies, competitors (?), hater relatives/friends/frenemies, etc. 
God pointed out that He has had and will continue to have all that covered until such time that assignment ends. 

Revised: 
Of all the things God has done through me, I didn't have to ask Him for those personal assignments.
God came to me with the assignments, which were outside and in addition to serving in a church.
Whether it was volunteering at a nursing home in my hometown in the late 1980s or
volunteering in some places in the Metro I live near now or doing different things in churches,
God brought the assignments to my heart.

A few years ago, I heard teaching about praying to God about the next thing or next assignment in personal ministry.  I tried that but it didn't fit me.  I was so accustomed to God bringing things to me, because He knows me better than I know myself, that using my prayer time for that didn't fit our relationship. I did pray the prayer for a while, though, because that was what I was taught at that time. Then, I decided to wait and keep an ear out, like always. But there was a prayer I prayed about the next assignment.  I'll get to that later.

Backstory: My previous 'next thing' outside of serving in a church was the two radio stations. I went to a traditional station to give an announcement about a book signing and ended up doing daily TPMs for that and an internet station for many years.  Somehow, in the meeting about the announcement, a question was asked. I remembered in 7th grade I wrote a list of things I wanted to do, one of which was printed 'daily breads'. The 'daily breads' ended up being daily audio thoughts for the radio listeners. So, that 'thing' ended in 2017 at the traditional station and 2022 at the internet station.

So, as previously stated, I stopped praying for the next 'thing' to do in my personal servanthood/ministry because I knew God would bring it but prayed another prayer.  

About a month ago (January 2025),
God said that I'm (me) already doing the 'next thing'.
2018 and 2022 ended the radio assignments God birthed through me in 2006 and 2008. Another thing began a couple of years before 2022 that is not 'visible' to most but recognized and utilized by a few. I've actually done it on and off, here and there, since the late 90s. More recently, substantially more, more consistent, and on a deeper level. It is so common to me that I didn't realize it was the 'next thing' (after radio), until God pointed it out. WOW!

This morning, February 24, 2025,
God said you got it the way you wanted it.
Explanation: The other prayer I prayed about the 'next thing' (before I realized I was doing it) was about how I needed it to be maintained like the radio situations, meaning since I was just me, not backed by a company or church or group or sponsor, I appreciated the seen and unseen protection God provided. The blessing of the 2006 traditional radio stint was that the station let no one interfere. The owners and employees were loyal.  When or if anyone, no matter who it was, suggested I be removed because they didn't like me or the content or they didn't think I deserved the spots, the station was loyal to me.  They didn't let anyone - known, unknown, relative, friend, hater - sway them from their connection with me. The internet station, beginning 2008, was basically the same.

 
SO, although I wasn't praying for another assignment, I was praying for protection with whatever God assigned.  Yes, I had ptsd issues from other attacks from busybodies not even related to radio (yep!). I've prayed for the same type of covering/loyalty/dedication and God said I got it with the 'next thing' He opened my eyes to in January, that I had been doing for a while but didn't see it as a big deal. There has been that same type of relationship - me providing what's needed spiritually, them being loyal to not being swayed away from me by naysayers, meannies, competitors (?), hater relatives/friends/frenemies, etc. God pointed out that He has had and will continue to have all of that covered until such time the assignment ends AND will do the same for future 'next things'.



I thank God for looking beyond my doubts and seeing my needs.  
  


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