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I never thought this would happen at work, but I am glad it did!
It always amazes me when I hear people say that they think being a Christian would be boring. I have found it to always be just the opposite. I never know what God is going to do in my life. But I know whatever it is it will be good for me.
Take for instance what happened a few days ago at work. I was ringing up/talking to a very nice woman. A few second later her husband came to the counter and she went to look at something. He introduced himself and said he was a Pastor.
When he said so, I immediately felt Gods great urging to tell him that I have been called to England.
He looked me in the eye and said “I am going to pray for you before I leave the store.” I sensed God was behind that statement.
Long story short, he and his wife did pray for me and it was powerful.
The power was not in their words but in the complete and utter presence of God that fell on the entire store as the words came out. I felt as if I was scrubbed clean from the inside out and did know that through their prayer God was working to get me where I need to be.
I know that God had called me to consecrate myself to Him and His will for my life. I am not sure all the words the Pastor prayed but I am sure that God sent them there that day. I believe God shut doors that needed shutting and opened doors that needed opening through that prayer.
I am so absolutely clueless as to how God will put together the rest of the puzzle pieces to get me to England, but I know that He will do it because He knows what I need, even when I don’t.
And God knows what you need and will give it to you at the appointed time. You don’t need to figure out how the pieces will fit, for God it the one building your puzzle, and when He is done it’s going to be something to behold.
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God wants you to die
Sometimes we are waiting on God to do something amazing in our lives while He is first waiting on us to die to self and let go of that thing that we have been holding on to for far too long.
As Mark Batterson says, “God cannot resurrect what has not died, and that is why so many people are half alive. They haven’t died to self yet.”
For someone reading this God is saying “the time is now, let go and trust me.”
Why I will not eat for thirty days
“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
– Joshua 3:5
I may not know a lot of things, but I do know the voice of my Father God who leads me and guides me and loves me so.
I know that I can trust Him. I know that when He tells me to do something it is because He loves me and wants me to prosper in some way shape or form.
So when He calls me to fast I do not hesitate.
I am no stranger to fasting. I have done three forty day fasts, a few ten days ones, as well as other small ones.
I may do the fasts, but (except for the first one) I have never initiated one that has ever succeeded.
I know it is not that way for most Christians, but if I want to fast for days over an issue I usually last about half a day.
I get so hungry and faint, I feel like I am dying (It’s ridiculous I know).
But when God puts it on my heart to fast…it’s a piece of cake (oh wait that’s a pun…sorry about that).
I have seen such amazing things happen, seen Good open doors, shut them, or just plain heal and restore.
So when He called me to consecrate myself for ministry by fasting for thirty days, even though I was not very familiar for the term, I was ready.
He told me to start on the third day of the third month and to finish on April 3rd. Those days have meaning but more on that for another day.
I am excited to press into all that God has for me in and through this fast. As God puts it on your heart to do so, please keep me in prayer, and know that I am praying for you as well.
I am not eating solid food but I am feeding on the word of God.
And although I do not broadcast every fasting experience I do believe that God has called me to blog about it this time.
I feel as though He is wanting someone to know today that it is His grace alone that gets you through the hard things He calls you to do.
Sometimes when God called us to do something we get so caught up in trying to figure out how to make it happen that we forget that it’s not our job.
We are to come to God like children, not immature, but trusting.
For the most part kids really don’t give a lot of thought to how things are going to, or did, happen.
Christmas morning they are not deeply contemplating how the bearded man got the bike in through the glass fireplace, they are too busy riding the bike for that.
We have to stop allowing ourselves to get in the way of what God wants to do. We have to Trust and obey and let Him figure it all out.
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100 Posts, 7 reasons, and 1 freaken amazing quote
Anyone who knows me knows I suck at blogs (can I say that…ok I “stink” at them).
I have tried (and failed) at starting a blog more times that I can shake a stick at (whatever the heck that means).
To me blog writing always equaled homework (something I had to do) and so I started many blogs that were fated to die a quick death. I thought I was done…but then God…
Trusting God (this blog) was different because
1. God put on my heart to start a blog (wasn’t sure about what)
2. I mentioned it to my pastor (because I knew my history)
3. We prayed
4. The idea popped in my head, I was amazed “Trusting God” that plus my writing is what I do, the perfect fit
5. I took a step of faith and for the first time payed for a professional blog, professional layout, and all the fixings (as God led …usually my blogs were freebies with lots of distracting adds)
6. I quickly fell in love with posting (why because I love God with all my heart and know that encouraging Christians to trust him just that much more, is my thing.
7. This is the 100th post….proof that there is a God!!!
In honor of that fact I offer up the following From All in From Mark Patterson
“When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things? That faithfulness is holding the fort?That playing it safe is safe? That there is any greater privilege than sacrifice? That radical is anything but normal?
Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous.
Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It is storming the gates of hell.
The will of God is not an insurance plan. It’s a daring plan.
The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn’t radicle it’s normal.
It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.
It’s time to go all in and all out for the All in All.
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Ps Thanks to all who have read, liked, or added this blog. It encourages me to keep going:)
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