Interesting Season
I find myself in an interesting season right now with a lot of burning desires to “press forward,” “do something great,” “See some big things happen.” I feel like God may be moving in that direction, but He currently has me patiently waiting. I don’t know if you know how difficult that has been for me and what a learning and shaping process it is to sit…wait…listen.
Tree, my brother-in-law, told me the other day that Robbin, my sister, was just going crazy from boredom, and was just really needing something to do. I said that doesn’t surprise me a bit as we are both wired similarly. We don’t do “sitting still” well. We are both, “it’s time to go get something done” people. While she may not be to the extreme that I am, I would say we are both, “where’s the u-haul” type people when someone says, “Hey, I was thinking about a move.” (Note: this is why I struggle to pay attention in meetings. It’s not a lack of concern about what you are saying or immaturity. My mind is just reeling with ideas about how and when we are going to accomplish what is being talked about.)
So, I am going to try and cut back in some areas of my life in order to listen some more.
What do you do when you feel that stirring inside, but you know a season of waiting and listening is ahead?
BJ
Wednesday, 27th August 2008 at 1:40 pm
i can relate to you brother. i think when faced with a situation like this, you ask yourself, “What is the truth here?” If the truth is to wait and listen, it would be much more productive to do that than to follow the stirring inside, despite what we think we need to get done–and the Lord knows this; that’s why He whispers, “Wait and listen.” He tells us in His word to be quick to listen and slow to speak. We can see in a situation like this that our soul (or outer man) and our spirit are in conflict. The Lord speaks to the spirit and the enemy tries to deceive us by playing with our soul. We sometimes confuse our soul with the spirit and end up doing things that are in conflict with the spirit. We act in the flesh. We can’t forget, our soul is what needed to be saved through Christ but it still tries to have control over us. So that’s where we need to pause, pray, and listen to the whispers of the spirit. And also…i haven’t spoken with you about this so i don’t know if this applies or not but maybe think about it like this: it may not be about what or how much you need to cut back or even cutting back on things at all, but maybe the Lord is trying to bring you to a place to get you to evaluate why you’re doing the things and who you’re doing them for if you’ve lost sight of that. He does call us to have productive hands but we must do it all in His name, and not for ourselves. i’ll talk to you soon, see ya in a few hours
In Him,
bj
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Tree Cooper
Wednesday, 27th August 2008 at 7:53 pm
I wonder if it is possible to “Be still and know that [He] is God” while at the same time to move where God is moving.
Really, it is a matter of denying our selves and diverting our attention to what God has. Our default is to move, to be “human doings” instead of “human beings”.