I've been ending Spring Break reflecting yet again....there are actually two shorter blogs right before this one that I posted last night. This one is going to be a little longer...
The word spoken Wednesday night was transitional. At one point I even said ouch and that's good....that being said my prayer since that night at the altar was Lord let it stick. Let the word spoken take root. The more our heart needs the word, the more we desire for it to stick...the more the enemy wants to wash it away. I'm thankful for technology because I'm watching the service again.....because this means war. I'm over labels, I'm over boxes...and I'm over limits. I'm over being judged and categorized simply because I haven't found my Boaz yet. The absence of a ring on my finger does not negate my calling or my ministry, but that's a blog for another day. This wasn't the initial blog that God started writing last night, but I had to clear this out so I could write what He spoke last night. Be protective of the words God speaks into your life...draw a line around it and watch God take you to a deeper level. God spoke it to you...and He's ready to act on it...don't pay attention to the distractors around you...It's the season of restoration. God's restoring the thoughts of not enough and not worthy enough and showing you He's called you for such a time as this. He's lighting the passion that He destined for you....hold on to what He has promised you and know that no weapon formed against you shall prosper (not even the opinions of others).
Spiritual dehydration...that's the word that God started writing on last night. It was a topic that the kids actually chose as their small group last week for FCA and God hasn't let me forget it since. We can Google the symptoms of dehydration in the natural, but do we know the symptoms of what spiritual dehydration looks like. Do we know them enough to recognize before the IV of water is needed? If we get too dehydrated in the natural we need an IV to get us going again....it's the same in the spiritual. If we let ourselves get too dehydrated in the spiritual, we need an IV in order to get back what the enemy has stolen from you. Your color comes back when the IV in the natural gets into you and it's the same in the Spiritual. When that IV, that word that brings life back into you.....gets into your system...whew. Look out devil......Know the symptoms of spiritual dehydration...and just like in the natural, the more you do, the more you need to hydrate.
I don't know who else this is for, it may just be for me....but the enemy wants you to keep stuffing and God is raising up a word on the inside of you that someone needs to hear. You have what He's given you in your hands, what are you going do with it? It's yours for the taking....quit letting someone else tell you it's not yours or you aren't good enough. Think about what God thinks about you and quit letting the opinions of others keep you in bondage any longer. The stirring on the inside of you is moving for a reason....are you going to let that stirring defeat Goliath or are you going to let it keep you back tending sheep? The season is shifting for a reason.....rise up to what God has spoken to you...This is the year of restoration ...Believe it and Walk in it...(You can't walk in it standing still, just saying)
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Your Doing vs. Your Being
The line in the middle of these two is where I find I seem to spend more time than I should. I've struggled with this for awhile, with being consistent in knowing that my being is enough because society places so much on our doing. We are constantly comparing ourselves to one another or to the likeness of one another (because how many know we post through rose colored glasses on social media). I long for connections that are about my being and not always about my doing. In other words, if you just came and were somewhere (not your job of course) would you still be a part or is coming and doing what makes your piece fit into the puzzle? Hear my heart for a minute....there is a balance in the midst of our being and our doing. When we are filled it overflows to our doing. When we know that we are where He has called us for a season...we serve out of our doing. Don't get so caught up in pouring out that you forget to take a moment and let Him pour back into you. If your season isn't where you have a place to be poured into on Sunday, then find it in your own quiet time during the week or with an accountability partner. You have not because you ask not....ask God for that place where you can connect and be a part just because of who you are. Then when He opens the door, run through it...I've learned so many times we ask God for something so specific that when He answers with what we need, we don't always recognize it. Trust that God knows the season you are in and what you need to grow.....after all He knit you together from the start sweet reader.
Overcome by Your Presence
This hit me like a ton of bricks Wednesday night....(a lot of things did, but this was when God started getting my attention). We don't have church during school breaks, so I was in Nashville visiting and at my other home church. The title of this song is from Holy Spirit...a song that I have sung many times, but this night that line hit me a different way. Every time I walk into Restoring Hope, I'm overcome by His Presence...it hits me as I walk through the doors and regardless of distractions, what my phone may be saying, how I feel, or what I am even thinking...God has my attention and He knows it. How many times do I let myself get to that place in my day to day walk? His presence is overwhelming.....and once you experience it so heavy and so thick that you don't want to move....He knows He has your attention. That's the presence we should desire always.....distractions aside, speak to us, Lord. Breakthroughs happen when we are Overcome by His presence...because we get to the point in our heart that we aren't going anywhere until God does something. As Jacob said when He wrestled with God, I'm not moving Lord until you bless me. Are you determined that even if you leave with a limp, you are ready for God to do what He needs to do?
Want to feel the shift? Give Him permission to unstick you and release all of those insecurities, discouragement thoughts, and doubts....The enemy knows the value on the inside of you...do you? God has greater things still to come....if you will just release yourself into His hand. This is the year for everything to be restored that the enemy has stolen. It first starts in His presence.....God may we become more aware of Your presence.
The shift is the atmosphere...Can you feel it?
Want to feel the shift? Give Him permission to unstick you and release all of those insecurities, discouragement thoughts, and doubts....The enemy knows the value on the inside of you...do you? God has greater things still to come....if you will just release yourself into His hand. This is the year for everything to be restored that the enemy has stolen. It first starts in His presence.....God may we become more aware of Your presence.
The shift is the atmosphere...Can you feel it?
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
When you are swimming in Overwhelmed....
My heart says this is going to be a transparent post, we'll see. Sometimes the best place to write and reflect is when you aren't in the middle of it at the moment. Hence yet another Spring Break post....because honestly, I'm going to need someone to remind me in the weeks to come to go back and read this post for myself.
This time of the year has always overwhelmed me because of the fast pace that is required to finish out the year. I thought transparency was going to be my word for the year...but I am finding balance may be more like it. Balance on the outside helps to balance the inside.....when the clutter around you is manageable, it makes the clutter on the inside easier to ignore. To say the last month has been anything but overwhelming would be an understatement. I run at a fast pace anyway and have become the yes girl for more than I should. I have always struggled with putting myself on the to-do list...and now with managing a house by myself ...well me has to get on the list somewhere. Otherwise, the clutter starts to overtake and there is a sense of chaos that is hard to calm. My anxiety has been at an all-time high the last couple of weeks....my sleep schedule has been messed up and I've eaten pretty much anything that wasn't good for me. You can know God's working, moving, and got you and still feel like you are swimming and barely keeping your head above water. Swimming in the natural is not something I do...so swimming in the spiritual realm is often a battle. It's not because I can't, but I defeat myself because of the comparison trap that seems to be a norm for society today. The feelings of "not enough" or "not measuring up" are constants when we compare ourselves with others (or even to ourselves when we lived in bondage). The Israelites were constantly comparing the provisions of God as not being enough because they kept looking backward. When God said in Isaiah that He wanted to do a new thing...He meant it. A new thing doesn't look like the old thing...so stop comparing. You'll never walk forward if you are always constantly looking backward. The greatest threat to a dream and a calling is "well this is how we have always done it." That's what isn't good enough anymore.....not you. You reader are a royal heir to the throne as a Child of God....and He said you were good enough a long time ago (before your first heartbeat). You are good enough...now believe it. (Can you tell God and I have been having a long conversation over the last 48 hours?). Yes, you may feel like you are swimming in the middle of a mess that is about to take you under....but stand up...the water is yours to walk on with Him.
Yes, anxiety is a real emotion and feeling and when life gets out of balance when you start to put the wall back up or find yourself trying to meet everyone's needs but forgetting about your own....it will happen. God didn't design us to live life going all out all of the time and He didn't design us to be a solo power source. We may not always agree with the people we have been called to be in line with and walk this season out with....but we need each other. We need that person we can text when the day has just been too much who reminds us they are praying and to get the oil out and pray for ourselves. We need that person who we can show that our running shoes are out...that reminds us to wait on God's timing regardless. We need that person...we need that Jesus with skin on. Connection is the only way when life is draining us that we can get charged back up again. (Yes we need to stay connected to Jesus...but we also need connection with other people). In being real with others, we find .....life's not that crazy after all and that you are not the only one just trying to stay above water.)
There were several moments last week when I just wanted to grab a bag of chocolate and hide somewhere for a few. There were several where I wanted to just cry...but the tears wouldn't come. I didn't spend the time I needed in my prayer closet because I would fall asleep on the couch until really late and then crawl into bed. Distractions come in all forms...and the enemy knows how to wear down the Child of God. God kept pressing through, though....and talking even when I tried not to listen. Sometimes we want the battle to just be won first before we get up, but God's saying get up....stand up and take back what the enemy keeps trying to take from you. Draw a bloodline around your promise and know that He promised to finish what He starts...and that dream, that calling, those desires of your heart are not finished until He says they are. (When you are almost 35 and single...let's just say that's quickly becoming some of my life verses). The enemy loves when we turn to food, social media, or a TV show to escape how we feel instead of dealing with it. The wall isn't yours to build back....being real keeps you in front of the bricks and keeps the enemy at bay. Remember he may push a button that flips one of your switches, but he can't touch the power on the inside. When the enemy flips a switch, flip it back by reminding him Whose you are.
Hear my heart for a minute....I know life isn't easy at times. We all have those things that make us want to fake a smile and just get through it. We all have those days that could defeat us if we let them. We all have those buttons that seem to get pushed regardless of how strong we were the week before (or even the previous day). God knows that....and despite what is being thrown your way...He wants to remind you that you are strong enough. Yes, you may feel anxious and overwhelmed. Yes, you may be doing all you can to keep your head above water...but He sees you. He knows exactly where you are at and says don't quit. Don't put on the running shoes until He hands them to you. He's the lifter of your head....and yes you may be swimming but He says to look up and press up. It's in looking up that we can stand up and it's in doing that ...we remember that we can walk on water with Him.
This time of the year has always overwhelmed me because of the fast pace that is required to finish out the year. I thought transparency was going to be my word for the year...but I am finding balance may be more like it. Balance on the outside helps to balance the inside.....when the clutter around you is manageable, it makes the clutter on the inside easier to ignore. To say the last month has been anything but overwhelming would be an understatement. I run at a fast pace anyway and have become the yes girl for more than I should. I have always struggled with putting myself on the to-do list...and now with managing a house by myself ...well me has to get on the list somewhere. Otherwise, the clutter starts to overtake and there is a sense of chaos that is hard to calm. My anxiety has been at an all-time high the last couple of weeks....my sleep schedule has been messed up and I've eaten pretty much anything that wasn't good for me. You can know God's working, moving, and got you and still feel like you are swimming and barely keeping your head above water. Swimming in the natural is not something I do...so swimming in the spiritual realm is often a battle. It's not because I can't, but I defeat myself because of the comparison trap that seems to be a norm for society today. The feelings of "not enough" or "not measuring up" are constants when we compare ourselves with others (or even to ourselves when we lived in bondage). The Israelites were constantly comparing the provisions of God as not being enough because they kept looking backward. When God said in Isaiah that He wanted to do a new thing...He meant it. A new thing doesn't look like the old thing...so stop comparing. You'll never walk forward if you are always constantly looking backward. The greatest threat to a dream and a calling is "well this is how we have always done it." That's what isn't good enough anymore.....not you. You reader are a royal heir to the throne as a Child of God....and He said you were good enough a long time ago (before your first heartbeat). You are good enough...now believe it. (Can you tell God and I have been having a long conversation over the last 48 hours?). Yes, you may feel like you are swimming in the middle of a mess that is about to take you under....but stand up...the water is yours to walk on with Him.
Yes, anxiety is a real emotion and feeling and when life gets out of balance when you start to put the wall back up or find yourself trying to meet everyone's needs but forgetting about your own....it will happen. God didn't design us to live life going all out all of the time and He didn't design us to be a solo power source. We may not always agree with the people we have been called to be in line with and walk this season out with....but we need each other. We need that person we can text when the day has just been too much who reminds us they are praying and to get the oil out and pray for ourselves. We need that person who we can show that our running shoes are out...that reminds us to wait on God's timing regardless. We need that person...we need that Jesus with skin on. Connection is the only way when life is draining us that we can get charged back up again. (Yes we need to stay connected to Jesus...but we also need connection with other people). In being real with others, we find .....life's not that crazy after all and that you are not the only one just trying to stay above water.)
There were several moments last week when I just wanted to grab a bag of chocolate and hide somewhere for a few. There were several where I wanted to just cry...but the tears wouldn't come. I didn't spend the time I needed in my prayer closet because I would fall asleep on the couch until really late and then crawl into bed. Distractions come in all forms...and the enemy knows how to wear down the Child of God. God kept pressing through, though....and talking even when I tried not to listen. Sometimes we want the battle to just be won first before we get up, but God's saying get up....stand up and take back what the enemy keeps trying to take from you. Draw a bloodline around your promise and know that He promised to finish what He starts...and that dream, that calling, those desires of your heart are not finished until He says they are. (When you are almost 35 and single...let's just say that's quickly becoming some of my life verses). The enemy loves when we turn to food, social media, or a TV show to escape how we feel instead of dealing with it. The wall isn't yours to build back....being real keeps you in front of the bricks and keeps the enemy at bay. Remember he may push a button that flips one of your switches, but he can't touch the power on the inside. When the enemy flips a switch, flip it back by reminding him Whose you are.
Hear my heart for a minute....I know life isn't easy at times. We all have those things that make us want to fake a smile and just get through it. We all have those days that could defeat us if we let them. We all have those buttons that seem to get pushed regardless of how strong we were the week before (or even the previous day). God knows that....and despite what is being thrown your way...He wants to remind you that you are strong enough. Yes, you may feel anxious and overwhelmed. Yes, you may be doing all you can to keep your head above water...but He sees you. He knows exactly where you are at and says don't quit. Don't put on the running shoes until He hands them to you. He's the lifter of your head....and yes you may be swimming but He says to look up and press up. It's in looking up that we can stand up and it's in doing that ...we remember that we can walk on water with Him.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Monday moments....
I am beyond thankful that God knew exactly what the last couple of weeks held and despite the cold weather, it's Spring Break. God knows when we have had all we can take and need life to slow down just a bit so we can catch up. God knows when we are out of balance...and even though we think He may not be listening...He's not only listening, but He's moving things into place so we can listen as well.
God may have shown you the mountain you need to climb next, but He's not going to pick you up and put you on it when He knows you are strong enough to start climbing. At some point in our journey with God, we grow up....we move from Him having to put us into place to us knowing where we need to be at with just a whisper. We grow up on the inside and there in lies the fight. We fight the change and the growing up process because we liked things better when we were on milk. Oh sweet Child of God....there comes an amazing moment in the journey when God has said welcome to the table. The place you used to sit is not yours to sit in anymore, but you are invited to sit at My table and feast on what I'm eating.
Hear my heart for a minute...This place of sitting at the table while is ours for the taking, we have to sit down at the table. We have to accept that place that has been given to us and believe we are enough...not because we feel like it but because He says we are. Our greatest struggle is not the fight going on the outside of us, but the fight on the inside of us. It's that fight we have to take His lead on and fight the way He fought....
God's moving things into place but He's waiting on you to be tired of looking at the mountain in front of you and start climbing it. Stop worrying that it looks bigger than you can climb, He is climbing it with you. I've spent the last two weeks looking at the mountain and wanting to run the other way. Overwhelmed has been my new norm and to say I've done well to just try to stay afloat would be an understatement. I've known God's been speaking (even when you try to not listen, He will get your attention...hello late night wake up sessions with God). God knows what He's doing even when you have no idea what He is doing. I've actually found those are the moments when that running on the inside of you is about to break into a sprint because God's about to show you just what He can do. When He said greater things were still to come...He meant it. When He said the One who calls is Faithful and He will do it...He meant it.
Whatever you are needing this week....ask Him for it...and then start listening for the answer. He sees you out there swimming barely keeping your head above water and He wants to remind you He said you could walk on water. He sees the anxiety that is about to get it's best of you....and reminds you just breathe. He sees the loneliness that the enemy is trying to sow....and reminds you He's there even when it seems like no one else is. He sees the desires of your heart to connect and reminds you....just be patient He's the ultimate pour source. He sees the weariness on your face and in your words...and says faint not, rest in His strength and know that He's about to breathe in something supernatural and to fill up when all you see is a drained and empty place. He sees that you feel like quitting and reminds you why you started. The moments when you feel the push on the outside is Him reminding you to press on the inside of you. The race is not won by those who quit running when they get tired, but by those who keep going even when they feel like giving up because they know He is the only One that knows the finish line. That dream is still yours to walk out....don't lose heart in this preparation season, in this mixing of ingredients. God's still working and moving on your behalf.
Transparent blog coming soon.....it's time to start climbing.
God may have shown you the mountain you need to climb next, but He's not going to pick you up and put you on it when He knows you are strong enough to start climbing. At some point in our journey with God, we grow up....we move from Him having to put us into place to us knowing where we need to be at with just a whisper. We grow up on the inside and there in lies the fight. We fight the change and the growing up process because we liked things better when we were on milk. Oh sweet Child of God....there comes an amazing moment in the journey when God has said welcome to the table. The place you used to sit is not yours to sit in anymore, but you are invited to sit at My table and feast on what I'm eating.
Hear my heart for a minute...This place of sitting at the table while is ours for the taking, we have to sit down at the table. We have to accept that place that has been given to us and believe we are enough...not because we feel like it but because He says we are. Our greatest struggle is not the fight going on the outside of us, but the fight on the inside of us. It's that fight we have to take His lead on and fight the way He fought....
God's moving things into place but He's waiting on you to be tired of looking at the mountain in front of you and start climbing it. Stop worrying that it looks bigger than you can climb, He is climbing it with you. I've spent the last two weeks looking at the mountain and wanting to run the other way. Overwhelmed has been my new norm and to say I've done well to just try to stay afloat would be an understatement. I've known God's been speaking (even when you try to not listen, He will get your attention...hello late night wake up sessions with God). God knows what He's doing even when you have no idea what He is doing. I've actually found those are the moments when that running on the inside of you is about to break into a sprint because God's about to show you just what He can do. When He said greater things were still to come...He meant it. When He said the One who calls is Faithful and He will do it...He meant it.
Whatever you are needing this week....ask Him for it...and then start listening for the answer. He sees you out there swimming barely keeping your head above water and He wants to remind you He said you could walk on water. He sees the anxiety that is about to get it's best of you....and reminds you just breathe. He sees the loneliness that the enemy is trying to sow....and reminds you He's there even when it seems like no one else is. He sees the desires of your heart to connect and reminds you....just be patient He's the ultimate pour source. He sees the weariness on your face and in your words...and says faint not, rest in His strength and know that He's about to breathe in something supernatural and to fill up when all you see is a drained and empty place. He sees that you feel like quitting and reminds you why you started. The moments when you feel the push on the outside is Him reminding you to press on the inside of you. The race is not won by those who quit running when they get tired, but by those who keep going even when they feel like giving up because they know He is the only One that knows the finish line. That dream is still yours to walk out....don't lose heart in this preparation season, in this mixing of ingredients. God's still working and moving on your behalf.
Transparent blog coming soon.....it's time to start climbing.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Valley Distractors and Mountain Pushers
Valleys have a purpose but they are for a season and a time determined by choices. God knows the length of the valley and He is faithful to lead you to the mountain when it's time. The choice is whether or not you listen...and know this...there are distractors in the valley that will do what they can to keep you from climbing the next mountain. There are distractors that see that you are moving forward and for whatever reason will speak words that sow doubt and discouragement to try and paralyze you. A lot of times they don't realize what they are doing when they are doing it.....but life and death are in the power of the tongue..and oh how we need to sow life or just not speak.
God showed me the mountain last week that was to come....but the struggle to get on that mountain this week and start climbing has been a struggle. I knew the climb would not be easy but honestly didn't expect the fight that came. I'm thankful for a friend who saw in the Spirit what I couldn't and has been interceding this week. She has been my mountain pusher....and has kept me moving forward knowing I don't fight against flesh and blood. Yes Child of God...it may seem like the enemy is out for blood, but remember you have His running through you and he can't touch the blood. You can feel the enemy's punch in the flesh, but the enemy can't touch your soul...he can't touch where you reside. Don't let anyone else cloud the view of who you really are either. Walk in that calling and anointing that you know God spoke to your life and rest in the truth that at just one word, He can speak peace to the wind and shift the atmosphere. I've felt the shift over the last week.....and wow. When God comes in....all feelings and previous thoughts go flying out the window and you have a clarity to see through the eyes of the One who holds the whole picture. So many times we try to see through just a dim view when God has the view from every corner. Trust His seasons.....but know that even though the natural seasons seem to shift within the week...seasons in the spiritual are felt in a deeper place and touch that part of you that few understand.
So grab that rock Child and hang on....trust God for the push and the strength to climb. As a song by some precious girls, this week reminded me, "He sees the mountain you'll be standing on". God already sees you standing on that mountain you are about to climb...and He's waiting for you to focus on the climb, tune out the rest, and know that He will provide everything you need each rock/step along the way. He never promised easy, but He promised to climb with you. The teacher isn't asking the student to do anything, He's not willing to do too.
Don't let the distractors in the valley keep you from starting to climb the mountain God made just for you. Spend as much time as you can with your mountain pushers because they are who will keep you climbing....when it seems that you can't do it, they will speak life back in and remind you that you can. People who can see your God-given calling and not just what you can do for them are treasures.....let those people be the wisdom you hold in your heart.
God showed me the mountain last week that was to come....but the struggle to get on that mountain this week and start climbing has been a struggle. I knew the climb would not be easy but honestly didn't expect the fight that came. I'm thankful for a friend who saw in the Spirit what I couldn't and has been interceding this week. She has been my mountain pusher....and has kept me moving forward knowing I don't fight against flesh and blood. Yes Child of God...it may seem like the enemy is out for blood, but remember you have His running through you and he can't touch the blood. You can feel the enemy's punch in the flesh, but the enemy can't touch your soul...he can't touch where you reside. Don't let anyone else cloud the view of who you really are either. Walk in that calling and anointing that you know God spoke to your life and rest in the truth that at just one word, He can speak peace to the wind and shift the atmosphere. I've felt the shift over the last week.....and wow. When God comes in....all feelings and previous thoughts go flying out the window and you have a clarity to see through the eyes of the One who holds the whole picture. So many times we try to see through just a dim view when God has the view from every corner. Trust His seasons.....but know that even though the natural seasons seem to shift within the week...seasons in the spiritual are felt in a deeper place and touch that part of you that few understand.
So grab that rock Child and hang on....trust God for the push and the strength to climb. As a song by some precious girls, this week reminded me, "He sees the mountain you'll be standing on". God already sees you standing on that mountain you are about to climb...and He's waiting for you to focus on the climb, tune out the rest, and know that He will provide everything you need each rock/step along the way. He never promised easy, but He promised to climb with you. The teacher isn't asking the student to do anything, He's not willing to do too.
Don't let the distractors in the valley keep you from starting to climb the mountain God made just for you. Spend as much time as you can with your mountain pushers because they are who will keep you climbing....when it seems that you can't do it, they will speak life back in and remind you that you can. People who can see your God-given calling and not just what you can do for them are treasures.....let those people be the wisdom you hold in your heart.
Monday, February 27, 2017
February....
I ended January on a mountain....I had a joy and a peace that I couldn't put into words. I had a fire that was blazing (or at least I felt like it was) and I was pushing through no matter the punches or the hits. Then February came...and what started out as a month knowing God was taking this to a new level and moving things forward with Him through obedience quickly took a turn. I slid down that mountain and found myself in a valley. Sometimes we can end up in a valley faster than we realize if we aren't paying attention. Hear my heart for a minute...valleys have a purpose, God can use that time to refocus and prepare you for the next mountain that is headed your way.....if you let Him. For me, I slid down in that valley and it took a couple of weeks before I exactly knew what was going on. I knew that I could feel some of the old feelings hanging around and the wall was oh so close to going back up, but I honestly didn't feel like fighting it either. Fighting the physical "crud" wore me down and the blahs set in quickly. Until one sweet night in my prayer closet where I was determined I wasn't leaving until I heard from God......(This was the first night in over a week that I had spent some quality time in there and not just because I had to). It was in the asking ...that I heard the whisper "Get up". Get up and start moving ....start doing what you know you should be doing regardless of how you feel. The hardest thing to do when you are fighting the blahs (and your flesh wants to do nothing more than binge watch Netflix....is to get up and clean something). It's in the getting up....that we unlock something greater than what we can see. It's in the getting up...that we say okay God "Your turn". It's in the getting up that God breathes a fight back in us that we thought was gone. Getting up doesn't mean the circumstances or the situation changes....it means you decide that His truth is greater than your feelings/emotions.
It's also in the getting up and moving forward that the enemy takes notice. You see when you are in the blahs, he isn't too worried. The enemy knows if you can stay in the blahs long enough you will start going through the motions and fruit is not grown going through the motions. The enemy doesn't see you as a threat when you are autopilot ....because you see it's when you start to feel what God feels for you and remember to believe what He believes about you (and not what you think)....autopilot shuts off and Jesus takes the wheel again. It's in the getting up that you pick up your fight and start marching forward. That's when the enemy starts to take notice again....and comes out punching. Child of God, hold on when the punching starts...because there is a fight greater than what you can see. There is a purpose and a destiny on the inside of you that God is about to bring to focus in your life and it scares the enemy to his core. The enemy is scared that distractions aside you will one day discover the true reason God has you on this Earth. The enemy is terrified, Child of God, that you will focus in on that calling that you keep letting others distract you from while you stay busy doing. The enemy knows that when you get up....the next thing coming is you are moving up....up the next mountain and strength is yours for the climb. God hasn't given you a spirit of fear...so let him be scared.
God's timetable and mine are so not the same ...(If they were I would not be single at 34...but I digress). He knows He has my focus in this midnight hour and last night ...He wanted it again. I had dealt with some emotions earlier on in the day that were leaving me feeling defeated and not enough. The struggle to let go was difficult because the hurt was deep...and I needed some revelation on what the next steps needed to be. I needed God to peel back His view for a minute and let me have a glimpse or this girl was getting her running shoes on again. He is faithful with what we need as His children....just know it may come at almost two o clock in the morning. When God puts a lyric in your Spirit that moves you to tears...you roll over and Google the lyrics so you know what song to look up on YouTube. That's God.....and when He drops a picture in your soul....You pay attention and know He's moving. The song below is the one He started singing around this time last night. This isn't a very transparent blog, but those are coming from this month. God's shown me the mountain that needs climbing....so I can leave this valley behind. I'll share more soon....because I've learned over the years God doesn't waste a moment if we are willing to share what He's doing. This blog has been my way of sharing what He's done and what He is doing. He's faithful to provide that word you desire....be faithful to listen and act on it when He speaks. God is shifting things into place and the enemy may have come out punching...but Child of God you can come out praising.
It's also in the getting up and moving forward that the enemy takes notice. You see when you are in the blahs, he isn't too worried. The enemy knows if you can stay in the blahs long enough you will start going through the motions and fruit is not grown going through the motions. The enemy doesn't see you as a threat when you are autopilot ....because you see it's when you start to feel what God feels for you and remember to believe what He believes about you (and not what you think)....autopilot shuts off and Jesus takes the wheel again. It's in the getting up that you pick up your fight and start marching forward. That's when the enemy starts to take notice again....and comes out punching. Child of God, hold on when the punching starts...because there is a fight greater than what you can see. There is a purpose and a destiny on the inside of you that God is about to bring to focus in your life and it scares the enemy to his core. The enemy is scared that distractions aside you will one day discover the true reason God has you on this Earth. The enemy is terrified, Child of God, that you will focus in on that calling that you keep letting others distract you from while you stay busy doing. The enemy knows that when you get up....the next thing coming is you are moving up....up the next mountain and strength is yours for the climb. God hasn't given you a spirit of fear...so let him be scared.
God's timetable and mine are so not the same ...(If they were I would not be single at 34...but I digress). He knows He has my focus in this midnight hour and last night ...He wanted it again. I had dealt with some emotions earlier on in the day that were leaving me feeling defeated and not enough. The struggle to let go was difficult because the hurt was deep...and I needed some revelation on what the next steps needed to be. I needed God to peel back His view for a minute and let me have a glimpse or this girl was getting her running shoes on again. He is faithful with what we need as His children....just know it may come at almost two o clock in the morning. When God puts a lyric in your Spirit that moves you to tears...you roll over and Google the lyrics so you know what song to look up on YouTube. That's God.....and when He drops a picture in your soul....You pay attention and know He's moving. The song below is the one He started singing around this time last night. This isn't a very transparent blog, but those are coming from this month. God's shown me the mountain that needs climbing....so I can leave this valley behind. I'll share more soon....because I've learned over the years God doesn't waste a moment if we are willing to share what He's doing. This blog has been my way of sharing what He's done and what He is doing. He's faithful to provide that word you desire....be faithful to listen and act on it when He speaks. God is shifting things into place and the enemy may have come out punching...but Child of God you can come out praising.
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