My sweet Caroline -you are mine and I love you.. Come and rest in me and I will give you the strength to keep walking.
My Father, it’s really easy to say that I’m taking you up on that offer and rest in you as we walk, but now that I really know what you mean by that, doing it is another matter. But I know in order to win this current battle, I do need to do exactly what you’re inviting me to do, and I will do it today.. I know there’s a stubbornness inside the person you’ve created me to be and it’s helped me to do what’s right so often already. I will rest as we walk today. I remember what happens in the spiritual realm if I take too long.
My faithful daughter, you’re right, you are in a thick battle, but your faithfulness to get back on your feet and your stubbornness to do what’s right will help you continue walking no matter what you see ahead of you. You are a warrior bride of Christ meant to prepare the way of the Lord.
My Father, I’m hanging on every word you say.. and I push aside every thought or image the enemy presents to me. Thank-you for your truth yesterday that you don’t overwhelm by leading me into big unknown things, rather, the steps you lead me in are small steps that you’ve already equipped me for, the things you’ve already given me but that I need to grow in. My perspective has been the opposite of that; it’s felt like such a big thing I’ve needed to do. But because of this wrong perspective, I’ve learned yet another thing -I’ve seen another side of what happens when I follow my feelings. You are faithful in my battles and I want to grow in my faithfulness to you in these battles. Faith is putting my trust in you, and I do this again.
My daughter, these are small nuggets of wisdom you’re tucking away in your heart that are helping you build a solid foundation. Never take this learning for-granted.
My Father, I’m so thankful for you.. and for the way you are with me. You’ve brought me deeper in and I need to keep going in deeper. Without you my life is boring, but with you my life is the opposite. How can these battles be boring with you fighting alongside me? As we fight I see you give me smiles and laughter in your eyes. I know you’ve got this and so do I!!
Reflection:
Before I began my intimate journey with the Lord, I often wondered what faith really is. I knew it’s basics, that God was real and I had salvation in his son Jesus, but I also knew it went deeper than that. I never understood when people said you need to have enough faith in order to have healing. It confused me because I knew that it’s always Gods choice to heal on earth or not. I think that when we put our trust in God for something, no matter the outcome, and keep trusting in God when it gets tough, that’s when we have faith and are walking in it. Trust and faith are two separate words but I don’t think you can have one and not the other.
As I was praying in the spirit this morning, I remembered a quick dream the Lord gave me a long time ago that felt so real. I was standing on stage, putting my water bottle down before I’d continue presenting, and there was a huge crowd of people waiting for me to start presenting again, like in a concert. This morning I pictured myself speaking to them and I heard myself talking to me as if I was the one in the audience, and I said, … come, come, what are you waiting for…what are you waiting for? Generally what I was talking about to the crowd was pursuing God to grow an intimate relationship with him to get to know him better, and to walk deeper into the heart of God because this is the way to know ones calling; this is the way to walk in ones calling because Jesus is the one who leads us in it and he knows how to walk deeper into Gods heart. Personally what I heard myself saying to me was that I need to keep going in the journey I’m in, what I talked about this morning…now I really do need to take my own advice:) Blessings to you!!!!😉