do not let your heart be

Where am I headed with this? Calling, heart, and gifting -- these lead to something, yes? Together, I believe they lead to Godly success. When you have a calling from God that matches your heart for something which matches your gifting, we have what we call a hat trick. And what the Lord calls perfect obedience. He has given you something and called you for something and in your obedience you have that same heart for something. And you will bear fruit. You can't actually devote your career to ministry if these three things are not in sync. But when they are, liar watches out because he knows it is bad news for him.

Problem one arises when you have a heart for something, but no calling or gifting. You might desire to be on that stage leading folks before the throne, but if He hasn't given you that gift or called you on that stage, your vocalizations and all the instrumentation in the world won't change the fact that that throne actually seems to be receding into the distance.

It may not even be visible, save in the recesses of your heart. You say you feel burned out after doing this for awhile? You say you still don't feel comfortable doing what you're doing? You say you feel frustrated that fruit isn't being born? I have one guess: 2 of 3 ain't right here. And it behooves you to figure out where the other two are. Because that heart of yours is leading you astray.