Manna for the Day

Stay with me on this blog....but this is something God dropped in my Spirit end of last week, actually right before this round of self-quarantine started. I'm such a people person and the isolation in this season...anyway the enemy knows, but God does too. On to the topic for this post.....I think we all like having some sort of a plan. How many of us bought a 2020 planner with great anticipation? Yeah, I even bought stickers and tape for this year determined that I was going to use my paper planner well. (Side note I'm techie and live by my Google Calendar...but sometimes you just need a paper copy). How's that working for you so far in 2020? Mine has plenty of doctor's appointments to keep organized for tax season....but as far as making any long term plans I was starting to let the not knowing overwhelm me. I was like God I need a word. He is oh so faithful....but just remember when you tell Him you need a word, to make sure you take time to listen for the whisper. God is speaking and pouring out so much in this season....

Manna was the word....He took me back to the story of how He provided for the Israelites. He made sure their provision was their daily, he met their need daily....and if they tried to do more than one day at a time, it spoiled unless He had given them orders to do so(preparing for the Sabbath, etc.). This season and everything that is going on in our world have made planning too far ahead almost impossible. Ya'll God's engraining in His children what Daily Bread means. We have to trust Him for one day at a time knowing and believing that He will give us what we need for tomorrow's today when it arrives. His mercies are new EVERY morning.....so we can wake up and make the choice to fill up with a new measure of grace that He is pouring out just for that day. It's that modern-day manna that doesn't spoil when we come to Him daily....

We are in a season where we need a daily dose of Him (let's get real we need an hourly dose some days...lol), and thankfully He stands ready to pour it out when we ask. He knows just the amount we need to handle each day and what that day brings.  "Give us this day our daily bread".......God knew even then that we would need to be reminded of that truth in 2020.  Our steps are ordered by the One who saw us walking before we even knew we could. I know it's not easy some days to trust Him with the details. I've learned that so much this year that it could fill a book (which I'm working on). What I do know, is my God doesn't change. The same God that provided daily manna that was needed during that wilderness season is the same God who provides our daily manna today. They had to collect it physically, we have to collect it by pressing into His presence however that looks for you. 

Still writing on this one...but as I was typing this out God said....Promised Land is coming. I know there is A LOT going on in the natural world that we can see, but let's stay focused. There is a lot going on in the spirtual world as well that we can't see ;-)

Walking forward...

No idea when God dropped my word for the year (Forward) into my Spirit how it would dictate this last season. I honestly hadn't thought about this song until just the last couple of days. God brought this song to mind during one of my whiney, down on myself moments I've had lately. Ya'll they happen to all of us don't think they don't. God knows me so well, He knew I needed a song to mark that moment. You see with all of the talk about getting back to "normal", my mind immediately went to well that's impossible. I've got physical reminders that won't let me go back to a pre-COVID normal....but then I started thinking about the spiritual reminders that have come during this season and I about lost it. 

I don't know how your year started out. If you have followed my blog for the last couple of months,  you know my latest season has been well full of lessons, I'll say that. What seed has been planted in the beginning of this year that God is going to use to bring forth a harvest that's still to come? or even what seed is God watering with the rain you have complained about coming? Just something to think about....

It's not a magical fix just so you know. It's a daily choice to get up and keep close to the One who whispers just what you need. It's a daily choice to say okay God I trust you. Discipline comes after the deliverance....that's something I've heard more than once from a couple of friends. It just means there is a walking out when God does something in your life. It's a journey, a process, a walk so to speak. 

Hang in there sweet reader...run to His lap if you need to and if you can't see Him working, know that He is. Let Him whisper to your soul just what you need to hear....and to remind you that He wants you to walk in what He's doing now ;-)