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. 

"For A Season"

To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:

² A time to be born,
    And a time to die;
A time to plant,
    And a time to pluck what is planted;
³ A time to kill,
    And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
    And a time to build up;
⁴ A time to weep,
    And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
    And a time to dance;
⁵ A time to cast away stones,
    And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
    And a time to refrain from embracing;
⁶ A time to gain,
    And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
    And a time to throw away;
⁷ A time to tear,
    And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
    And a time to speak;
⁸ A time to love,
    And a time to hate;
A time of war,
    And a time of peace.

In one morning, within two hours of itself, I heard he same exact words from three different people; "for a season."  

I recently have been going through a personal struggle. My struggle has not been with falling backwards into sin, but wanting to know where God wants me to worship Him at. I have been in tears over the thought of having to choose over two places. Then God clearly gave me an answer in only His way. 

First I kept coming across the thought “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” He was telling me to just "be." This to me says that it is okay to  be in the here and now. I am to take one day at a time, one hour at a time, and one moment at a time and rest in Him.

Next, there are other decisions that have come across my path for me to pray over and seek God's face on. I have found my answer in this decision. He has me in a situation for only "a season." I also believe he doesn't give us His whole plan of the future because we cannot handle it or there is more orchestrating on His part that has to take place. So for now, I am doing what He wants me to and I am doing it well. 

Last I could feel overwhelmed with the transition at my home, but I am not. I believe that is where I have my haven. I have a roof over my head, that I am grateful for. I have a place to rest and be at peace in, which I am ecstatic about. Though there are boxes everywhere, I know it will one day they will be empty and things will have their place. 

Looking at the scripture above the second line caught my eye the most. "a time to plant and time to uproot." I look at life this way. There is always a season of planting ourselves in good soul making our roots strong in the Lord and in the places he sets us. There have been some churches that I have sat in that was cold and desolate, some that were warm and inviting, some that had this group or that group to belong to like a social club. God's word that will exalt Him among the nations and in the earth is what matters; not a church. A church is inside me, not a building with four walls. 

 Next there is a time to be uprooted and repositioned in new soil. Our roots are strong when are grounded in the word. It doesn't matter where we are transplanted, as long as we are well grounded and rooted in the word. I know God wants me to be among believers and I know what He has currently called me to do. Where I am in my life right here and right now is exactly where God wants me to be. I am doing exactly what He has called me to do. I am grounded and finally at peace. I don't have to choose because I don't have to follow anyone but God. 

I have a husband who, I THANK GOD, has been where I am in my spiritual journey. He has been with me through my struggle, sees me struggling, and the end result is that God has prepared his heart to agree with mine. I have not experienced this EVER in my life. 

So I am in "a season" that I can be at rest in the Lord, in his Word and in His covering. No one can take Him away from me except me, and I choose to run to Him in all I do and all I am called to do. 

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. "Be still and know that I am God, come to me and rest." I do enjoy this season of my life now. 

You know the best part? I can feel a difference in my smile. I have a smile today that I didn't have yesterday. I can feel a difference in my walk. I have a spring in my step. 

~Be encouraged, Jesus is with you in your season too.