Off Like a Shot!

But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. – Isaiah 43:18-19

I feel this stirring in the deepest recesses of my soul. Change is coming. Big change. Change like the everything-in-my-life-has-been-leading-up-to-this-moment kind of change. And even as incredible as this upcoming change is going to be, it is but a springboard to an even more unfathomable future…one far brighter and more amazing than I can wrap my mind around at this juncture.

but just as it is written, “things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and [which] have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” – I Corinthians 2:9

I’m watching everything in my life just kind of shift gears. I can feel a repositioning taking place. It’s like pulling the hammer back on a gun…the tension gets tighter and tighter just before the hammer clicks into position. Likewise, I can feel all the things in my life coming together, tightening up. Gosh. I just don’t know how to say it. It’s like I had all these frayed, lose ends all over the place—everything was going every which way—and, now, it feels like it’s all coming together into smooth, perfect alignment. And, as all this “stuff” tightens up and the hammer locks into place, I know that it’s the immediate predecessor to the trigger being pulled and exploding my life into a totally new direction.

I’m trying not to be anxious. I’m trying not to over-analyze. I’m trying to keep my cool while all this pressure is mounting. It’s not a debilitating pressure. It’s more like pent up excitement…like a kid awaiting Christmas morning. I don’t even know what all of this entails. I don’t know what the whole picture looks like. But the little tiny bit that God is allowing me to see right now is pretty much mind-blowing all by its self.

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. – Jeremiah 29:11

I know that my God sees me. I know that, regardless of my obvious flaws, He sees untapped potential in me and He’s getting ready to answer some of my deepest, most intimate, heart-felt prayers. And, even better, I know that God also sees my husband, and He’s getting ready to set him off too. We both feel it. We can’t put a tack in it, but it’s as real as the air in our lungs—invisible to our natural eyes, but we know it’s there, sustaining us and giving us life.

Oh, it has not all been fireworks and celebration getting here. During this season that is finally about to pass, we have been tested to our very limits. Some tests we have aced and others…well, we’re still studying for the retake. But God is pleased with us just the same. He sees that we are obedient; He sees that we trust Him, even when it feels a little crazy; and He sees that we want nothing more than to be pleasing in His sight. Not because of our performance, but because of our hearts for Him and His immeasurable grace, He is supernaturally providing for us and opening doors of opportunity that are leading us into the life that He has preordained for us.

If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness and joy. – Job 36:11

Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand. – Proverbs 19:21

The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. – Isaiah 14:24

We are most definitely stepping out on complete faith in some very key areas of our lives. And, sure, some of this is a little scary. But, if you’re not a little scared, you’re probably not allowing God to challenge you, and, without challenge, there’s no growth. Without growth, there’s no impact on His kingdom. Without impacting His kingdom, what are you really doing with your life…what are you really doing for God?

So, whenever you’re ready to trip that trigger, God, I’m ready to go! 🙂