Its Old 4 A Reason…Blog #8

I was going through my journal and came across something that I had written in August 2011 and I had to share it with you…

I found myself at a point in time reading twitter timelines, facebook feeds etc and sub-consciously I started to get down. Notice I said: SUB-CONSIOUSLY. And often times, we find ourselves wishing we were apart of ‘old’ things when God has actually graduated us from those things. Whether those old things were jobs, people, places, accomplishments, relationships, etc., often times, they were places of bondage. As a slave sometime you don’t know you are bound until you are free. Sometimes we stay bound because we fear the unknown and that’s where trusting in God becomes more evident. If we never had hard times, we wouldn’t know how to trust God or move in faith etc. It’s in these times that we must be careful not to look back n2 ‘slavery.’ For if we do, we start to trust that those situations and not God got us through. Sometimes we replace faith on the Lord with reliance on past people, jobs, experiences, emotions. Have you ever heard someone say, “Ooh, I remember when….” Or “I wish it was still like that…?” Hmmm…maybe, just maybe, God has called you to experience more than that in your new freedom.

As I thought of all this, I tuned to Isaiah 31 discussing the perils of not trusting God. I’m no saint, but the 1st verse made me check myself. When have we followed an ideal, or movement, or ideology and not consult our Creator 1st? When have we felt out-numbered or outsourced because of maybe, our lack, lack of experience, or resources? When have we done so many things our way or someone else’s way to end up at square 1: praying and asking for God’s help? And how many times can you honestly say: IF IT HAD NOT BEEN 4 GOD?

Things become old for a reason. They serve its time. People were seasonal for a reason. He/She may have taught you that you will no longer compromise. The job was more than a moneymaking opportunity. Maybe it was for you to build character and for you to make room towards exploration for what you are really passionate about. King David tended sheep before becoming a King, but he was being skilled in how to be a shepherd over many…

My charge to you: As you let go of your past and move towards your destination, whatever that may be, that you seek God’s direction first and that He give you the desire of your heart and that all your plans succeed!