Worship, Waiting & Work!
“There are three parts of our spiritual lives that should always go together: worship, waiting and work.” - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Jan. 6th
by Mark on January 21, 2016
One thing I have learned in my lifetime is that God works in such mysterious ways. Where one minute life seems to be pretty good, and then the next trials and hardships seem to be upon us. Where there was a bright sunny outlook turns into the darkest clouds of our life; a time, maybe, that our biggest fear has come true and stares us right in the face. In these hardships and trials God prepares us to go farther in our walk with Him. The course that He has set for us is total reliance upon Him and not on ourselves; where we are established upon the foundation of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The difficulty for us is that our plans are often out of accord with His plans and He moves us, sometimes pushes us, back into the will He so desires. Sometimes the mission of ministry changes and God asks us to do something different for Him that may be out of our comfort zone. Yet Proverbs 16:3 says, commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. That is our goal as we embark on this new adventure in our family’s life. We are committing our way unto Him. We are fully relying on the grace and goodness of our Lord to establish in us what He has planned. We have seen many changes in our ministry this past year, some very unexpected changes. However, we have had the opportunity during this time of waiting to reflect on what God is doing in our life. Our waiting has allowed us to rest in Him and seek Him. Our waiting has been a means of preparation for the new work, the new calling that is before us. There is excitement in our hearts. There is a freshness to the work to come. The worship of Him has grown. Although we are not sure where the new work is to be done, at this point in time we know what it is. We have adopted for our family verse for 2016 Hebrews 11:8, By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going (emphasis mine). Continue to pray with us as we worship, wait and work. Thank You for the love and support you already give.
