Be patient and
wait for the LORD to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or
those who succeed in their evil plans. Don't give in to worry or
anger; it only leads to trouble. Those who trust in the LORD will
possess the land, but the wicked will be driven out. Soon the wicked
will disappear; you may look for them, but you won't find them; but
the humble will possess the land and enjoy prosperity and peace. (Psalm
37:7-11 GNT)
This week, the week that started off in a
celebration of Christ's being raised from the dead. It seems the very next day
started the battle! It was one thing after another; each day brought more tense
opposition than the next. It has been a crazy week! I wasn't too sure by
Tuesday night how much more I could take.... And then I was reminded of WHO my
Dad is and that I could run and tell Him anytime I needed to. That's what I
did! You see, Tuesday was a negative attack. Negative words, followed by
negative thoughts. And negative thoughts always
spew negative actions, but by that time already spoken to the only
one who could calm me down and detox me from the negative poison! Too late,
devil!! Of course, he didn't stop there, oh no! The night wasn't over by far
and by the time my tired body got up the next morning, I was more than
completely done. But the enemy of my soul didn't stop there. He then started in
on money woes and how I didn’t have enough for the week, most of you know the
reminders.
That was two weeks ago that I wrote the above.
This blog was supposed to be something I wrote in daily and posted weekly. But
the enemy had different plans and more importantly, so did my Father. You
see this was not a run of the mill, one time small attack. These attacks came
regularly and were up until the end of this year. 2012 has been a series of
patience reminders and training all leading up to the title of this blog....
He's on His way! That's what I thought most of the year. Then God started
showing me something else. It's not that He's on His way to help, we are on
ours! The only time in the Bible where God speaks about coming to us is
"on a cloud, Jesus will return for us other than that we’re to wait for
Him to ACT, not COME! He is our EVER PRESENT help in our time of need. He is
already with us! He just waits for us to arrive.... probably mentally!
I am in my rest stage which includes waiting for
Him to act. Meanwhile He has been waiting for me to have a V-8 moment and get
with His program, thus would require abandoning mine. Oh wait! That sounds like
a verse I know! Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding." After talking to a friend
today and a leading from the Lord, I know that we arrive for Him to step in
when we fully surrender and trust what He is doing no matter where it takes us.
And that's scary, well at least for me. I have a hard time truly trusting at
ALL times when something in front of me says something totally different.
So here is my challenge for this year. K-LOVE has a 30 day
challenge to only listen to music that encourages and elevates Christ. Info
here at this site: http://www.klove.com/ministry/30-day.aspx I do
this along with a 21 Daniel Fast (daniel-fast.com) and a rest from all that pull my family from
God.... including, Facebook. My challenge is that you find a power word, mine
is TRUST (ha!!), and plan to do these cleansing and resting tools. See you in
February!! Blessings of the Lord on you!
