Feb
…we’re not gonna miss it
My heart was bubbling over today as I sat down on my couch with a cup of hot tea with milk to spend time with my Lord. As soon as I sat down He took me through several readings, one being the story of Jonah. Just to give some context, yesterday was a very disappointing if not entirely discouraging day– after I was done working it took me three hours and some ibuprofen to recover. So I went to bed last night ready to wake up this morning and force myself to get pumped today– no so. God took me through readings about how He is always beside me regardless of circumstance and not just with me, for me, working for/with me. I know that’s something that isn’t rare to hear in a Christian life but the way God led me to think about it was. It is not hard for me to get concerned about missing the perfect will of God– things get difficult and I wonder, “Lord, did I miss you somewhere?”. But this season in the Kingdom of God is different. The true followers of God are about to ‘level up’ and we are marked, now, by the difficulties that we are experiencing. It’s the breaking open of the seed before the growth breaks through the earth into the sunshine. So– I could go on all day but I wont. My point is this, there are a people who cannot escape the will of God. We are the Jonah’s; and what makes us such is not our response to God because we are not running from the Lord but rather running towards it. It is God’s response to us. He is relentlessly pursuing us. I woke up yesterday morning, before my hard day, with the Lord whispering in my ear, “I will not loose my hold on you” and was in tears; His presence and whisper was so tender yet so strong. Lets not be concerned about missing it friends, brothers and sisters. The Lord after us; His plans and purposes will be accomplished. Be encouraged… we’re not gonna miss it.