When Jesus Clears the Room
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. (John 4:7-8)
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. (John 4:7-8)
I had been praying for a while this morning and while in worship heard the words, “Gone with the Wind.”
It is often that transition brings such a change that some things seem lost. All those you carried with you before aren’t always called to move into your next season.
The devil knows how to send you help, and he knows if you’re more desperate to get any ole’ help or if you’re wise enough to ask God if it’s His man or woman.
If Paul had listened to the voices of his past, he would never have followed the path of Christ. He would have stayed in ignorance.
A few years ago I had a dream, and I was preparing for a royal ball. I looked down and in my hand were 2 ornate keys. They were huge! Then suddenly in the dream I had lost the keys and was looking for them frantically.
Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Not everyone will understand what is in you. Some simply don’t know how to use what Jesus placed in you, and some frankly would rather keep you under their heel with an authority that is nothing more than a spirit of control.
There are times when you have little insight into a particular direction. In these times perhaps we must let “her” drive as the scripture says because we know indeed the Master is on duty at the helm.
Like Elijah, I’ve heard the soft whisper of God come when I’ve decided to hold up in my own darkened caves. One has to get used to stillness and quiet to allow God to speak sometimes.