About a year ago, I challenged 40 women specifically and anyone that read my blog to develop a plan for their lives. I just asked one question, "Do you have a plan?" I further challenged everyone to identify one thing in their lives that they needed to address and surrender to the Lord. Initially, I received feedback from women regarding several areas of their lives. The main issues for women included: finances, relationships and personal goals.
One year later, the questions have not disappeared. In these difficult times, women are still pushing to make it while facing some of the same issues. If you are able to read this blog, then you are still pressing through towards your destiny. You are still being a wife, mother, sister, career woman, stay at home mom, student, etc. Many of you have managed to just get the job done, but it has cost you dearly. You are getting up in the morning, getting the kids to school, going to work, going to school and just making it happen. Yet, you might feel worn out, ready to give up and your desire may be on the blink. Yet, today I felt led to just encourage you in the midst of it all.
Some may even find themselves in less fortunate situations. Some of you may believe yourselves to be victims of the economy. Whatever your situation, I would like to encourage you to press through your situation. We are living in a time where some of our trials may be unavoidable. We have mastered everything except the difficult items in our lives and the unevitable is now facing us eyeball to eyeball.
A familiar scripture was placed in my spirit this morning and I would like to share it with you. Psalm 27:14 (NASB) --
Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.
This scripture reminds me that I have a pending promise on my life with tools to get to my promise from the Lord . All I have to to is wait. Now stop. It is time to recondition your mind. Some of us have waited on things of this world and they never arrived. When God asks us to wait on Him, we try and box Him into our last experience. Yet, when we choose to wait on God, it is a different process than what we experienced when we were waiting on people, places or things to manifest in our lives.
The word wait compels me to be in a position of expectation. My pastor says that "Expectation is the birthing place for miracles." It says nothing about stressing out, worrying or disbelief. I can wait in expectation when I believe that God is able. I wait because I know that He will never leave me or forsake me. I'm not waiting on just anybody. Scripture says wait for God Himself. So, while I'm waiting in a position of expectation, I can be strong. I don't have to buckle down to depression, stress or worrying because it looks like it's not going to work. I'm expecting a miracle. In fact, disbelief can't be present during a miracle. So I purposely wait in a position that is not based on my own strength, but the strength that I can seek and obtain from the Lord. It is during my weakest times that His strength can consume me. I look like I have it all together not because of what I do or who I am, but because of who God is in my life. There is no struggle between me and God when I am weak because I am fully aware and can receive the strength that He provides me. And when I wait and stand for the Lord, I do so boldly and with the courage that He provides me because my inner man has been strengthened. My soul is renewed and spiritually balanced. I can then speak with confidence, "I can do all things in Christ which strengthens me".
Be blessed!
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