His Business

I'm thankful for midnight conversations with a God who loves me more than I love myself. I'm thankful for truth that is spoken in regardless of feelings and that He knows what I need. I'm thankful for a sensitivity to what He wants even if my flesh would rather it go another way. I'm thankful for His heart period. I'm thankful that He has seen my tears this week and spoken words of truth. It hasn't always been the words I wanted to hear, but what I needed to hear. Honestly I wanted God to speak to my flesh, I was honest with Him about that. He knew what I needed though and He spoke to my Spirit. Truth is always what is needed and will always, always, always squash the enemy's distractions. The enemy knows your weaknesses, the things you have surrendered and the things you have not. The enemy doesn't want you to be about your Father's business. Distractions, Hurts, Fears, Comparisons are all things that can keep us from being about our Father's business. Oh how thankful I am though, that my God doesn't waste a moment and everything can be used to make us more like Him if we are willing to leave it in His hands. I'm thankful for kingdom connections that God uses even through technology to speak life and to push and encourage you to be who God has called you to be. 

This week has been draining, but God has been faithful to fill. I've asked Him for some very specific things this week. He's answered a lot of them and others He has spoken truth to that has hushed the feelings that were screaming. God saw the hurt that the week had thrown my way, He asked the question....are you going to let it take root or let me have it? I've come too far with Him for the roots of anything that are not His seeds to grow, but my flesh had a hard, hard time letting go. God is faithful....He knew my heart was determined to stay moving forward, to not go back to a place of bondage. Last night He took me to the story where they found Jesus at the temple. The other people had gone on their way, even Mary and Joseph were focused on the business they needed to attend to. When they noticed Jesus was missing, they backtracked on their journey. They went back to where they knew they had last seen Him, only to see that He was doing exactly what He was called to do. We have to stay focused on what God has called us to do, it's time to be about His business. Being about His business doesn't leave a lot of room or time for being about anyone else's business. Hurts will happen, disappointments are going to happen, our choice is what we do when they come our way. Are we going to focus on what the enemy is doing or are we going to focus on what God is doing, on His business? Take some time to let that sink in....

There is an expectancy in my Spirit for this year. I know God is moving, I've felt Him, I've seen Him move, and I've heard His voice. I've also seen how the enemy is throwing and doing his best to distract. God knows the distractions better than we do, why not leave them in the hands of the One who can cover them and give us the strength to move past them. Oh may we be found faithful to be about His business....