So, here’s the thing. I am so super flawed that I will never be able to be in control of my life. Did that hit you the way it just hit me? And it sounds absolutely crazy to me because I am a planner. I love to write my dreams and desires of where I want to be five to ten years from now, and even though there is nothing wrong with that, it can easily get in the way of what God is trying to do for me right here in the present.
Did you know that you can block your own fruit? God desires for us to dream, but truthfully, He wants to dream for us because what He has for us to receive versus what we hope for... chile, what was I dreaming again? You may be in a season where things are a little blurry. God may have separated you from the fold. He may have “hidden” you. He may have disrupted every single thing that you thought were steady. You might be questioning God’s intention. You very well may be questioning this whole faith thing. I have something that God poured on my heart: God wants to position you. Do you notice why there aren’t as many people in your ear? Have you noticed you spend more time alone rather than with people, even rather than your closest friends? Have you found yourself alone on a Friday night when all you wanted to do is find a move? Don’t you know that that’s God’s intentionality to get you in a secret place with Him so that He can share to you some things imperative to your walk with Him? My Pastor described this in a metaphor. Imagine a group workout session versus personal training. When you’re in a large group, it’s hard to give a singular person attention. But when you are in personal training, your trainer is intimate and intentional when it comes to you. God has to limit who is around you, so He can boost you in Glory. He’s going to hide you, so only He can find you and make you “it”. And life is better when you’re “it” discovering purpose rather than being “it” trying to find God. So, I promise, God doesn’t have you out here looking crazy. He has you out here looking grounded. Confident on whose foundation you stand upon. Sure that your life isn’t your own and knowing that the Glory being manifested around you could only come from Glory. From Glory to Glory, right? God isn’t a God who would have His children suffer or be put to shame. But He’s a Father who isn’t giving up or walking out on His own. Love back the God who loves you well, who calls you His own even after you cast Him as a second thought. But there is nothing you can do that will ever separate you from what He has declared over your life. You are uniquely called no matter what battle you are facing. You are relentlessly loved no matter what sin you are struggling with. And you are so purposed no matter how doubtful you are of yourself. Tell those doubts that they are as empty as the tomb Jesus walked out from. Tell anxiety that it has to bow to God. You’re free no matter how lost, anxious, worried, or nervous you may feel. Freedom and joy thereof is your birthright. So look to the hills, soul child. You are already whole. You have everything you need for this season. Lack isn’t in God’s vocabulary. Brighter days aren’t coming, but they’re already here— waiting for you to arrive at peace and tap into them for the fruitfulness and the fullness that they are. Usually I add scripture to close, but this time, I want to add a bit of my worship playlist:
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