Reserved Assignments: Introduction: Step Into Your God-Given Place

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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast with your host,

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Connie Morris, where healing has a voice and truth is no longer silent.

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Father God, like Jabez, we cry out that thou would bless us indeed.

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Bless every woman listening beyond trauma, beyond limits, beyond what she thought

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was possible. Enlarge her territory.

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Expand her purpose. Let your hand be upon this moment.

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Saturate every word with oil and truth. break cycles, cancel every curse sent

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to silence her. This isn't just a podcast.

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This is holy ground. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Welcome back to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast. Starting a new series.

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It's titled, Reserved Assignments, Be the Light.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris. Today's episode is one that's going to really hit home for a lot of us.

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It is titled, Reserve Assignments, be the light.

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Some doors don't open right away. Some positions stay hidden.

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Unfilled, and even avoided.

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But what I've learned is that these are often the very assignments that God

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has reserved for you, what he has reserved for me.

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You go out and you're just standing around looking for a new position,

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new way to transition, and you then search the same website that you go hundred

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for your jobs on and you never ever saw it until boom,

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it shows up. You're like, wait a minute.

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I've been on this website for a while. I've never seen this position because

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that position was hidden.

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It was reserved just for you. They're not delayed by coincidence.

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I found this position has been open since July.

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They can't find anyone to fill it. There's two positions out there.

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They can't find anyone to fill it.

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I call those God's reserve assignments.

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So be on the lookout in this season for positions that are going to pop out.

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They close real quickly. They pop open. They show up. And then if you don't

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take it, it just seems like they disappear.

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Or you're searching a site and you'll say, is this a real position?

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It's hitting the right pay scale. It's hitting all my skills.

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You know why? Because God has been waiting.

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Heaven has been waiting for the right person to step forward.

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Who is that right person? That right person is someone who's prepared in prayer.

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Is that you? Someone who's been tested in the quiet.

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Is that you? And willing to shine under pressure. And what that means is that

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it's going to be challenging, but guess who?

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You're not doing it alone. The Holy Spirit is going to be with you.

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He's going to give you the wisdom, the knowledge, the understanding to be the light in that space.

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Matthew 5.11 says, Now that I put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand, shine.

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Keep open house. Be generous with your lives. Be opening up to others.

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You'll prompt people to open up with God.

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God wants us to be the light that shines so that people will see his glory and

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glorify him in heaven. That's our job.

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Our job is to be the light, the light that shines so that we,

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even in our workplace, can lead people to Jesus.

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So recently I had this dream that brought this home for me.

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In that dream, there was a lot of tension everywhere. There was fighting and

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jealousy and resistance. I didn't quite understand.

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It was just a lot of drama in the dream.

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I didn't know what part I played. I'm sitting there like, why is everybody mad?

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Why is it so tense in here?

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But right in the middle of it, God showed me something powerful.

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He showed me that I wasn't fighting alone. Even though in the dream,

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it felt like, what is going on?

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Why is everybody mad at me? Why is this tension?

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And familiar faces showed up in my dream. But what he showed me was this chaos was confirmation.

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It was proof that I was standing in a reserve assignment.

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And God whispered this, when I reserve an assignment, I'll fight for you.

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So when God leads you to a place that's going to take you out of your comfort

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zone, you got to always remember that God is the one that chose you.

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He's the one that goes before you. And he is the one that will fight for you.

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Need not be afraid, right? You do not have to be afraid because God is with you.

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We're going to cover some characters who had to step out of their comfort zone

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from a reserved assignment and we see how God will show up for them.

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And that's the same way that he will show up for us.

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So perhaps you're listening today and have felt that same pressure.

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Maybe you're in a space where you've been overlooked, resisted,

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or even criticized for stepping up.

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But I want to remind you, the battle doesn't mean you're in the wrong place.

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It means your light has purpose.

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When God reserves an assignment for you, He doesn't just hand you a position.

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He gives you a platform to shine.

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So let's be real here. Stepping into leadership, ministry, or community,

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or any position, community work, isn't always glamorous.

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Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it's lonely. And sometimes it's filled with opposition.

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But here's the truth. You were built for it.

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That pressure is proof of purpose.

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It says because if the enemy is fighting this hard to stop you,

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it's because heaven has already signed on your success. Isn't that something?

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Once we see it and we go and we move in faith, it's already done in the spirit world.

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God has already made a place for you.

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Let's look at Jeremiah 1.5. It said, it reads, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

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Before you were born, I set you apart. That means God already factored in your

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weakness, your doubts, and your struggles.

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And he still said, I choose you. So when jealousy rises or when pressure feels

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heavy, remember you're not carrying your own light, you're carrying his.

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I learned this firsthand. When God placed me in leadership in a space that was

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chaotic and divided, I didn't realize he was using it to prepare me for even

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a greater assignment that would touch systems, policy.

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And people. You see, your small assignment, that office, that classroom,

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that project nobody wanted, it might actually be the training ground for your destiny.

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God tests us in the small so he can trust us with more. Look at David.

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Before he became king, he was in the field fighting lions and bears when no one was watching.

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Look at Esther. Her reserve assignment was in a palace.

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She didn't asked for. Look at Deborah, a woman leading men in battle because

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no one else will step forward.

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And Nehemiah building walls that others said could never be built.

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Every single one of them started in resistance, but they finished in victory.

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So today I want to speak to you, the women, the women, the women who've been

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praying, waiting and wondering if your time will ever come.

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Hear me, your assignment is not random, it's reserved.

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So don't let jealousy stop you. Don't let fear, silence stop you.

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Don't let discouragement make you quit too early because what God reserves.

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No man, no system, no critic can take away.

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Maybe your reserved place is a job you didn't expect to love.

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Maybe it's leadership role in your community. Maybe it's parenting,

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caregiving or mentoring someone who reminds you of yourself years ago.

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Wherever it is, shine.

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Because your light isn't meant to make you famous. It's meant to make God visible.

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So let's close out with this decree. I am chosen and set apart for God's reserved assignment.

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I will not fear tension or jealousy.

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God's light shines through me and no one can extinguish what he has ordained.

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You've been listening to Diary of a Black Woman podcast with your host, Connie Morris.

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If today's message spoke to you, share with a sister, co-worker,

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or someone who's in the middle of their own assignment.

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And remember, the light was never yours alone.

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It's God's light shining through you. Keep shining, keep standing,

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and keep walking in your reserved place.

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And I'll see you for episode one. It's titled, Be the Light.

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And also remember that you can get a copy of this devotional on my website at

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Diary of a Black Woman, and there's other free resources for you to keep growing in Christ.

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So I'll see you in episode one.

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Bye. Thank you for listening to this episode.

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And before we close out, I want to speak a word of promise over you from Jeremiah 29, 11 through 14.

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Father God, you declared, I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper

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you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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So today we receive that truth.

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You said when we call on you, you will listen. So we pray.

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You said that when we seek you with our hearts, you will be found. So we pursue.

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You said you will restore us from captivity.

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So we declare freedom over every place where our listeners feel stuck, silenced, or small.

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Thank you for always drawing near when we show up in faith. In Jesus' name, amen.