Seasons of Choice
Spring is here. Easter is Sunday. And I have slowly been working on renovating His Desired for this new season. It is ironic that the physical should portray the inward being. Do not you think? Maybe some of you are experiencing winter or even autumn in your inward season but spring I think sums it up for me. There is something coming to life within just as new life is beginning to bloom all around me. I recently requested prayer from a trusted friend. At the heart of the request was simply just a dissatisfaction with life. My life.
I just feel it deep within my spirit that God is saying this is it. In this season you will decide if what I have for you is enough and you will grab hold of me and soar? Or the plans I have for you aren't worth the ambition or drive or process or attention? Choose.
John Waller has a song titled As for Me and My House. It is on one of my favorite albums. The same album holds the song that played while I walked up the aisle to meet my husband. In this song, John Waller uses the scripture from Joshua 24:15 to make a declaration.
I think it is a declaration that all God's people need to make and intend and fulfill. It isn't easy giving up the desires we think we hold. The control we think we hold. Or even the people we think we hold. I can honestly inform you that my life has been a series of squandered hopes and dreams. I have placed everything I have ever wanted for myself on the balance. Then compared my deepest yearnings to everything God has ever told me He has for me through His word, His voice, prophets, and what I just know in my spirit. Honestly, I should say that what God has outweighs everything. But in my sight, the scale is in balance. Blasphemy, right? But I don't think I am the only one who has ever seen others who continuously disobey God get what they want and live happily because of it. I am not the only one who has witnessed marriages in which one spouse is giving it their all and is faithful wind up living their entire lives miserable. I'm not the only one to witness an adulteress spouse leave their husband or wife for someone else and end up living a wonderful life. I'm not the only one to witness peacemakers taken advantage of by bullies and manipulators. I'm not the only one to witness the injustice of the humble being ridiculed while the prideful continue to be lifted higher. I'm not the only one to witness disobedience be rewarded while obedience is ignored. And in all these circumstances I think it is safe to say that they make you question the legalities of the Bible and the church.
But....
God is also faithful. God is also just. Love is obedience according to the Word of God. And He will reward your faithfulness. In knowing these things, I believe God is taking me into a deeper understanding of what truly giving it all to Him means. I think He is creating a different perspective in His Desired One. And I have to choose if He is worthy of sacrificing every hope I had for my future. There is something about this time, this season that makes me intrigued to learn more. There is something about 2017 that keeps my spirit racing and perhaps that expectancy is enough to dispel the disappointment of my life and awaken a new desire and trust in His word even more when He said He has plans for me. The choice is mine.
And God is setting apart the chosen from the called in this season. And I think it is time people began to search their hearts and decide. Choose this day whom you will serve...
I just feel it deep within my spirit that God is saying this is it. In this season you will decide if what I have for you is enough and you will grab hold of me and soar? Or the plans I have for you aren't worth the ambition or drive or process or attention? Choose.
John Waller has a song titled As for Me and My House. It is on one of my favorite albums. The same album holds the song that played while I walked up the aisle to meet my husband. In this song, John Waller uses the scripture from Joshua 24:15 to make a declaration.
I think it is a declaration that all God's people need to make and intend and fulfill. It isn't easy giving up the desires we think we hold. The control we think we hold. Or even the people we think we hold. I can honestly inform you that my life has been a series of squandered hopes and dreams. I have placed everything I have ever wanted for myself on the balance. Then compared my deepest yearnings to everything God has ever told me He has for me through His word, His voice, prophets, and what I just know in my spirit. Honestly, I should say that what God has outweighs everything. But in my sight, the scale is in balance. Blasphemy, right? But I don't think I am the only one who has ever seen others who continuously disobey God get what they want and live happily because of it. I am not the only one who has witnessed marriages in which one spouse is giving it their all and is faithful wind up living their entire lives miserable. I'm not the only one to witness an adulteress spouse leave their husband or wife for someone else and end up living a wonderful life. I'm not the only one to witness peacemakers taken advantage of by bullies and manipulators. I'm not the only one to witness the injustice of the humble being ridiculed while the prideful continue to be lifted higher. I'm not the only one to witness disobedience be rewarded while obedience is ignored. And in all these circumstances I think it is safe to say that they make you question the legalities of the Bible and the church.
But....
God is also faithful. God is also just. Love is obedience according to the Word of God. And He will reward your faithfulness. In knowing these things, I believe God is taking me into a deeper understanding of what truly giving it all to Him means. I think He is creating a different perspective in His Desired One. And I have to choose if He is worthy of sacrificing every hope I had for my future. There is something about this time, this season that makes me intrigued to learn more. There is something about 2017 that keeps my spirit racing and perhaps that expectancy is enough to dispel the disappointment of my life and awaken a new desire and trust in His word even more when He said He has plans for me. The choice is mine.
And God is setting apart the chosen from the called in this season. And I think it is time people began to search their hearts and decide. Choose this day whom you will serve...
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