Move Forward

Oh how I love Spring Break...and not just because of not having to set an alarm in the mornings. I love the refocus time and the time to just simply listen. I am horrible about being so busy sometimes that I forget to simply stop and listen and let Him do the talking. Oh how many times do we let our conversations with God turn into one sided discussions. We do all the talking, but when it comes time to really listen....we say a quick Amen and move on with our day. How do we ever expect to know what the right steps are for our lives if we never let Him tell us? Too often we try to guess or feel our way through some things and then we end up in a mess of stress. I'm not sure where the wrong turn went or where the mis-step happened, but for the last few months I've felt like someone pushed the pause button. The chains He had broken before were still off, but it was as if I was frozen in time. Stay with me for a minute....Thankfully God knows how visual I am. He knew I needed a picture in order to "get it". Well it took two days for the picture to sink in, but it made it to my Spirit... (That's a blog for another day...so many times we ask God for a word or a picture in this case, but we do not take time to meditate and let that word sink in to the very core of who we are...our Spirit).

So the chains have come off, they are broken laying around your feet, but what's next? You've asked God to move and trusted Him to do His part....but have you done yours? Oh how many times do we celebrate when He's broken the chains, taken us to a new level, or spoken that word that we needed to hear....yet we forget to keep moving? We stay put in that spot of comfort, content that the chains are broken, but not really trusting to step forward and continue on this journey. Oh sweet reader, trust yourself...not because of anything you can do, but because of all that He has already done! He has more in store for your life, if you'll just do your part and keep walking. Don't let the enemy paralyze you in the spot of comfort(also known as the "well that's just how I am", as the" this is how I've always done it", or the well "it's in my genetics"). True contentment and peace will not be found where it is comfortable.

Struggling to move forward? Good....it means you realize this journey is not about what you can do, but what He can do through you. Quit listening to the lies of the enemy. As a child of the Most High, you can do all things through Him! In your own strength, you will find stress. In His strength, you will find rest.

The power to do much is within you....When you received His gift of salvation and became One with Him, the power to do and be who He made you to be was deposited within you. Exercise that power...it's not easy because it goes against the flesh, but it is so worth it.