I have been able to spend some time listening to a very good friend of mine struggling with some spiritual battles that really do not make since to her right now. She is at a place in her walk and in her life where things should be good and she should be happy...And she is not. She is walking away from something that looks so good...so why is she walking away? Because on the inside she doesn't feel like it's right.
How many times have we been in her shoes? We may be looking at a situation or circumstance that looks so good and like we should be jumping on the opportunity but something is telling us to wait, to hold on, and that it is just not right. It doesn't make sense to us or to anyone around us and when we try to explain why we are walking away, we look stupid to them. They try to convince us that we are losing our mind or that it is anxiety or that we are just not thinking things through.
So, what do we do? Where do we go from here?
Sometimes when God speaks to us, it looks very stupid to the world. It doesn't make sense to even us sometimes. We can't even explain what we are thinking because it cannot be put into words and when we try to explain it, it sounds crazy to the fleshly ears of ours. So, WHAT?
WAIT....Wait on the Lord...Wait in His presence...Wait for Him to speak to you for the next step...Wait and stop listening to others.
Seek Him for the answer. And even when we think we have sought Him enough and don't hear anything, then seek Him even more.
In church on Sunday the speaker talked about being on the outer circle when we see a vision or have a dream and when we start to seek God for the clarity of the dream or vision then we get into the inner circle.
Sometimes we can't make sense of what is going on, but we know that God is saying, "STOP". We are in the outer circle...and sometimes we tend to run to our friends, our mentors, our strong Christian neighbors for answers to what it is He is trying to say to us. We need to seek Him ourself and get in the inner circle so we can get clarity. Who knows better what He means when He speaks than the Man Himself?
Not sure who this may be for, but maybe God has whispered something to you that may not make sense to you or to those around you in the fleshly realm, but you know deep down that it is God speaking. Seek Him for more clarification so that you can understand, and even if you don't get it right away continue to seek Him and don't move until God says to move.

jennifer

What do we need God to do for us this week?
What is it that we need to see God do in our lives this week?
Do we want to draw closer to Him and come to know Him in a deeper, more intimate way?
Do we need Him to wrap us up in His arms and love on us this week?
Do we need Him to spark, or respark a fire under us?
What direction are we going with the Father right now?

Let's ask Him to reevaluate our lives this summer, this month, this week, this day. Let's see what God wants to do with our lives in the coming weeks and months. We all go through different seasons at different times and we need to step back sometimes to see where we are heading with the Father. We may not see the direction mapped out, but we need to see that we are moving forward. Are we moving forward? If not, then what do we need to do to start?

Do we need a bible study to direct our reading? Do we need a mentor? Do we need to be a mentor? Do we need an accountability partner? Do we need a new praise and worship CD to motivate us? I'm not saying that these things will bring God, but sometimes we need help getting that fire relit underneath us.

Seek ye first the Kingdom of God....
And see what will follow

Jennifer

"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"
Isaiah 6;8
I hear this verse so many times, but lately when I have read it or happened to turn to it and ponder upon it, it has meant something more to me and to my home.
I feel a stirring within and I can't put my finger on what it is, but I know that God is preparing His people to go and are we ready to?
I feel so unequipped, so uneducated, so useless, so small at times. I feel that my words could not mean anything to anyone but myself or the ones that are closest to me.
Yet, God simply ask "Whom shall I send? And WHO will go for us?"
He will equip us if we say, "Here I am, Send me."
This is simply a small note from my heart telling you that God is calling me and my family into a time and a place that we don't even know yet, and one day I pray that you will experience that coming through with us.
We have to say, "Here I am Lord. Unequipped, but ready to serve You...the One who has called us. Whatever your will is, let it be in our lives."
I wish I could share more, but I can't right now....Not because I don't want to, but because I don't know right now, I don't have the words to even express how I am truly feeling on the inside.
Just pray with me that we are willing and can say, "Send us" when the time comes and He looks for one to send.
Be blessed in your prayers and in your worship as you seek God.

Jennifer