A Stirring

I want you to know there is a major stirring going on in my heart. God is planting in my heart some words, some thoughts, and some strategic thinking. On the strategic thinking, I am restraining myself greatly. I am listening to the Lord, letting Him graft into my heart some major teachings, principles, and convictions from the Word of God. The strategic thinking will come and be done at the right time. Now is the time for the stirring, the listening, and the grafting of the Word into my heart.

Yes, I am aware I have mentioned this to a small degree lately, but I could not let this morning slip past by me without encouraging your heart that God is encouraging my heart. I know that many of you pray for me faithfully. I am not sure what you pray for me about, but I am very grateful for it. If you pray the Lord will speak clearly to me and I will hear Him and listen to Him, be encouraged in this season that is occurring. I am grateful to God for your praying, and I am grateful to God I am where I am with Jesus today.

Spiritual living is like living life, and in reality they cannot be separated. As your life and family goes through various seasons, you experience that same thing spiritually. Every Christ-follower I know who is serious in their faith walks through some “spiritual winters.” Yes, we all want the spiritual springtime, full of change, beauty, growth, and freshness. Yet, just as the earth in the process of continual growth needs various seasons, God uses the same principles in our lives personally and spiritually.

This is even true for churches. Churches walk through various seasons, and sometimes when we are desperate and plead with God for our “season of preference,” God has us in another season that may not be as illustrious and plentiful outwardly. Yet just as God does this on the earth and in our personal lives, He does it in churches . . . He is growing us and we cannot grow and go where He wants us ultimately without going through various seasons spiritually. I will not address it today except to just mention it, but this is why Jesus uses the agricultural analogy at times to teach us about life.

My challenge to you for this weekend: Join me in the stirring!