The Waiting Place

Posted August 25th, 2009 by christian

It’s been an interesting couple of months.

Pre-August found me getting more and more stressed…. and showing it.  Vacation was GREAT, and now I feel much more sane.

On the spiritual front, I have received much in terms of prophetic words and a very serious warning.

It seems that I take on too much, and often take on others’ causes, ministries, business issues, etc.  God has been telling me to simplify, and to use healthy boundaries not to own what I should not.

My immediate concerns are

  1. Love People:  This means honoring the person, regardless of what I think about them or their actions.  Trust God to work out His process and purpose in them, and simply encourage and celebrate the good in every person or ministry.  I have become PAINFULLY aware of the negative things I say about others in my daily conversations.  I honestly don’t know if it’s because I am more critical lately, or whether God is just convicting me of it, but I hope it’s only the latter.
  2. Dig In:  My need to spend time in the word and hear from God is profound.  A re-commitment to the disciplines may be in order. (Fasting, exercise, time in the Word, getting up early, making time to recreate).  I want to be a Sprit-filled power-house, but I know that doesn’t come without some serious self-sacrifice and service to others.
  3. Shut Up:  I’m a trouble-shooter by nature, so I see problems.  I have no authority over most of the personal and ministry problems I see, so I need to shut up until I am both invited and appreciated to constructively and correctively criticize (is there a better word for pointing out problems).
  4. Ditch the Attidude: “If God can do ANYTHING, what is taking Him so long?”  seems to be a prevailing thought lately.  It seems the call is preceeding the means to carry it out.  Is this God’s way of spurring us on to good works?

Maybe I’m spoiled.  I want what I have not earned.  I often cannot received what I have not earned, and need to learn to accept the grace that God seems to be offering.

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