Confirmation from "For A Season"

On my blog entry yesterday, June 20th, I wrote about how God has me to be still and know He is God. Early this morning, around 4am, I woke from a deep sleep. I attempted to go back to sleep but instead I heard "Come to me." I tried to ignore the  voice and attempted again to go back to sleep and again I heard "come to me." So I got up and went to my favorite chair with a blanket, a notebook, my devotional book, and Bible in hand. My devotion for the day was a vehicle God used to confirm my peace and showed me that I am doing what He's lead me to do.
My devotion is from a book my friend Bonnie gave me called "My Utmost For His Highest" by
Oswald Chambers.
"There are times you can't do what you want to do.  When God brings a time of waiting and appears to be unresponsive don't fill it with busyness, just wait. The time of waiting may come to teach you the meaning of holy- or it may come after the process of sanctification. has begun  to teach you what service means. At first you may see clearly what God's will is-the severance of a friendship, the breaking off of a business relationship, or something else you feel is distinctly God's will for you to do."
WOW,  WOW, WOW! Don't you love it when God confirms His work?
Now the downside of this is that one word I read... "teach." Specifically in this text "teach you," teach me what?  Isn't that what my friend said yesterday?
"The teacher doesn't give the answers to the test before handing out the test." The teacher will give you the lesson before the test; God is the answer to my test. "
Oh my goodness. I am going through some pruning, being molded by the potter, the test is a test and I know why now. He is sanctifying me. Okay so what does  this word mean exactly? Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary says that "it is to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use: Consecrate. How sweet it is. I don't know the plan Jesus has for me, but  I know he loves me enough to prune and  mold me for His purpose. 
You know through this small journey of mine, I hope you see my relationship with a true living and active God of Love. I pray that your desire is to be as close to the Lord just as the scripture reads "as close as a brother." 


I don't know what you are coming against, trusting in, or looking for, what I do know is God is interested in YOU! He is concerned over the smallest details of your life.  Surrender to Him today and meet with him for coffee and conversation.  You won't know unless you start talking so go and meet with Him somewhere cozy.


~Be encouraged! 

Be still doesn't mean that nothing is happening but that something special is.