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Hearing God | Sign’s Already Given | Listen with your heart

December 23, 2019

Side Note: Some will say it’s coincidence but I say, it’s God confirming what He had put in my heart. You see, I don’t just write randomly, I always feel a strong nudge about something, whether it’s my feelings, emotions , then I pray about it and write as I pray.

Anyway, this is what happened, the last 3 days, I have been writing on and off about ‘ hearing God and seeking His confirmation over issues in our lives. I wasn’t sure when to post this and was waiting for that right moment in my heart.

God on the other hand has His own sense of humour. Yesterday at church, one of the verses our pastor read from, for the sermon, is one I had used as well. Matthew 12 &16. Where the Pharisees keep asking for a sign, instead of believing in the one already prophesied and given – Jesus Christ.

Sign’s Already Given:

Last Wednesday I woke up and prayed ” thank you Lord for being patient with me”. This got me thinking about of how being or operating in the Kingdom life is more so like a GPS system, where we are intertwined with the Holly Spirit, keen in our spiritual ears , not missing his cues and signs.

Then I started thinking of ‘purpose’. I am confident of what God’s purpose for my life is, or at least one of them. Once we know why God keeps waking us up each morning, we can’t keep coming to God year in year out asking “God, show me the way, without making any step of faith”. You gotta start moving in that direction and ask for confirmation.

He has already revealed Himself to you, His power has been made perfect in you. We ought to move from “show me the way” to more specific prayers like ” God, how do you want me to go about this, is this plan that I have in line with your will?”.

Have you thought about what would have happened if Abraham wasn’t keen in the Spirit but instead consumed in his, worry about, what people would say? he would have missed the voice of God. Abraham, when he was on kingdom work, he turned off all noises and was focused on the father, that’s why He was able to hear the instruction about the lamb behind him.

Many times when we go through life’s struggles or challenges, our ears are accustomed to hearing and being influenced by the noises around us. Those applauding us, criticizing us, or even encouraging us. All these are vital, but when we find ourselves, with outside volumes higher than the spiritual one, it’s usually a call to turn back to what the voice of truth is nudging us to do.

Once you hear from God, it is then ok to go back to God and ask Him for a confirmation, which He is always faithful to give. He will use a random person to prophecy, or declare a word to you. He will even use nature or kids to confirm His word to you.

Note, it’s only after seeking His will, are we to ask for a confirmation and not going about asking for signs here and there before we have even sat at His feet to consult if this was even the way he wants us to go. This way, it will be no longer a CONFIRMATION’, but you going in it, in your own way.

Back to purpose, being attentive in the Spirit and the GPS system. Once you know your purpose, you start ‘moving/acting in faith’ . It is only while moving that your GPS is able to recalibrate and select the right way. You can’t select the right way while being still.

So, it is with our purpose and all kingdom work God has called us to do. He says in 2Peter 1:3 ” By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.” Meaning, all have been made available for us way in advance before our calling.

All we need to do, is start moving , taking our position and in moving, when we feel like we need some guidance and affirmation to check whether the road we took was really the one meant to, we can keep asking for direction. We need to ask direction in wisdom too.

When you select a route on the GPS, it usually says, “keep going straight for 30km or so”. I have never heard any GPS, repeating at each KM “yes, go straight, yes, keep going, yes, go on straight. No, it gives the clear instruction at the beginning and then usually a few Kms later, it will say briefly ” continue straight”.

It is the same with our walk with Christ, He has promised to walk with us and said He will never forsake us. So when God endorses your plan and you feel it deep in your bones and spirit that He has confirmed it, you start moving and have the confidence that He is with you and that He has already provided a way .

Now is not the time to start praying ” show me your way Lord”. It’s the time to open both our physical and spiritual eyes and ears to hear and see what He has laid up in the journey and the words He has for us while we go forth.

Many a times, God places people in our paths, either to encourage us , boost our destiny and we sometimes miss it because we dismiss them because our spiritual antenna is off.

God is indeed patient with us. We have moments when we might have ‘ slagged’ in pursuing our purpose because of life’s struggles but He is always waiting with arms wide open. So , when you feel it’s time to step right back up, know that you are never alone. Your purpose is still where you left it at. You can pray ” show me my purpose Lord” no wrong in that but I feel we should praying ” Lord, where can I start from or continue from? I feel like you are leading me to this, should I go ahead?”.

We need to ‘wake up’ from our slumber as humanity is thirsty for our gifts and our presence. We should also not be comparing our lives with others, some of us have been called to hospitality to smile at people and hug them, others have been called to the screnes with microphones, to speak up in boldness without shame, and more so others behind the screen or any public scene.

Whether staying at home and pouring your love to those tiny ones or in the corridors of the corporate world, shining Jesus’s love and kingdom principles in an environment that is thirsty for it. I pray we all discover what is that thing, we have been called to do. Why does God keep waking you up each morning? He is giving you a new chance and new mercies and grace to take up that space and he the best version of yourself -His image.

Have you realized that sometimes, you have only scratched the surface of your full potential and purpose? It’s true that in some seasons we leak out and bless and there are seasons where we hide under Jesus’s feet to soak up of the kingdom.

We can’t pour out from an empty heart. On the other hand, we can’t keep ‘hiding’ and soaking up, we need a channeling out ~ a system that operates in balance of flowing in and out. That’s why we are here. We ought to be both a Mary and a Martha in kingdom work.

Wisdom is realising when you have been in one of the season’s for too long and doing the necessary. Have you been soaking up too long and feel like God is nudging you to get back out there?, or have you been leaking out and pouring out for so long and feel like you are no longer speaking from the vine but more so adding your own words?

Thank God in His mercies and grace for being patient with us. But in His patience, there is still a gentle nudge and whisper calling out His sons and daughters to take up their positions and be His hands and feet in this world.

Lean in , and take up space with the confidence that you are not doing it alone and in your own might. He has your back. “It’s time child” He whispers. The sign – Jesus Christ) that was prophesied long ago is here now, we don’t need to look for it.

Much love
Mama Faith, Hope and Love,

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In Your Father’s Arm | Just as you are

November 1, 2019

Heading to work this morning and grateful for the fact that Oma Kenya is here to take over.

Daycare would have been the default thing but am terrified to think of how they would have managed with baby’s skin sensitivity. Daycare is perfect when your child is healthy and can be taken care of in general like the other children, not when unwell and have to be given extra attention – no manpower for this.

So as I transition back to work, I had various emotions which made me realize the various emotions and struggles around us. I therefore, just wanted to encourage us this morning to run into our father’s arms because He’s got our back.

IN YOUR FATHER’S ARM:

Am letting go and running with arms stretched out to my father’s arms.
You’ve tried to take control of everything in your life, even those beyond your ‘ glory /grace grade’ yet nothing has fallen into place. Know that there’s nothing that can compare to the peace of just being and being held in your father’s arms.

You’ve been mistreated by the very people you trusted , teach your heart to trust again and run into your father’s safe arms, where there’s no condemnation but grace.

You’ve been crushed by the world, gone through the world back and forth looking for the one you can trust, but found no one. Come home and rest in your father’s arms where you can share all your worries without shame.

You do not know how to approach or communicate in intimacy with your father anymore because of how you left things, know that you can come back into the heart of worship and inhabit in His presence. All He’s looking for is a broken and contrite heart. You have the permission to sit at His feet as He whispers to you the secrets of His Kingdom- telling you of how you belong. It doesn’t matter how you left things. What matters is, you are HERE NOW.

You have searched the ends of the world for approval from man but it was never satisfying. But He’s saying ” COME JUST THE WAY YOU ARE”. He loves you the same. You are thirsty for attention but He says thirst after Him and you’ll know thirst no more because He’s the fountain that never runs dry.

You have compared yourself with others and what they have and felt that your kids, spouse, job and all other “stuff” we accumulate doesn’t measure up to the standards of this world. Hence you marked yourself as NOT ENOUGH. Instead, He says ” YOU ARE ENOUGH”. If it was just you alone in this world, He would still die for you.

You have hidden your identity in “stuff” or people because of the approval they offer. He says “come to me, I have created you in my own image, making you a pure MASTERPIECE.

You run around worrying about the things you can’t change and about tomorrow. He says, ” I got this, just trust me”. Assuring you that He’ll never leave you.

You walk around with shoulders low because you carry burdens too heavy for you, you keep fighting, never stopping. He says ” child, don’t fight battles that have already been won. Just be and surrender into your father’s arms. I am waiting for you to relieve you of the heavy lifting. Take my yoke, it’s easier and cast your burden unto me”.

You yearn to belong and be seen, hence surrounded by thousands of ‘friends’ yet so alone and lonely. He says ” come find your clan in me”.

You thought you had arrived but just realized, you have been hurt, broken hearted and still lost. Come to your father’s arms where you will feel loved and teach your heart that it can surely love again.

You’ve been hopeless, not sure about tomorrow but He says “… Because He lives, you can surely face tomorrow..” and that your tomorrow is secure in Him.

You are starting out and trying to figure Him again. He says you only need a mustard seed of a faith to get His heart excited. He’s ready to move that mountain, giant and cloud for you. He says you will never see them again as He strives to give you freedom indeed and make you a victor.

You struggle with sleepless nights, worrying, full of anxiety, loneliness, shame , un-won battles, prescription from prescription but no solution. He urges you to reach out for His arms, as there you will find His peace which surpasses all human understanding.

You feel unappreciated, unrecognised and unworthy, but He says, that you are His child , He rejoices in you and enjoys your presence , you just need to invite Him and let Him be King because He came for the least like you.

You say ” but what about my past?” And He says “He loves you anyway and has wiped your sins, as far as the east is from the west”. So, come without shame and find healing for your heart.

You point to your weaknesses and shortcomings like Moses did… Insisting “… But I can’t….do this or that like other people because of this and that.,..” He says ” you can do all things through Him as He gives you strength, and you are strong even when you feel weak”.

You feel left out and uninvited, He says He is throwing you a banquet for your own and inviting you to the party where He’s King. (M.Lunders).

So, as you go forth and take position in this world in whatever capacity He has placed you, please be reminded that you don’t have to do it alone. He’s there for you ready with His arms wide open.

Please run to Him, with a childlike faith with no care in the world. Knowing that you are loved and adored even in your weaknesses, so just be yourself because you are unique.

Much love.
Mama Faith Hope and Love.

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