New Perspectives...

This has been a month of incredible growth and learning. I called out to hear God's voice and I waited for Him and then He turned up the volume. There is so much He's told me that I haven't quite grasped yet because it's been like trying to drink from a firehose.

There are a handful of things that have occupied my mind which I've been waiting for God's direction. My ministry on campus is one of them, "what is God's heart for the University of Alberta and how is He moving me to pray for the campus this season?"... "what specific appointment does He have for me in this ministry, what areas in my life need refining for me to enter into the fullness of His design for me as a spiritual mulitplier?"

My personal life is another way I've been waiting on God for direction. I've learned to do away with worry and anxiety about my future because He has burned His word into my heart that it is ONLY in Him that I'll find satisfaction. He is my husband, my true love, my father, my hope, my life, and my joy. I was battling a little bit of the blues because I have lots of friends who are having children and I would one day like to have some. Not that I'm in any sort of a baby rush because I most certainly am not. But God spoke to me many times regarding the desires of my heart. He has planted a promise in me that I will beget "spiritual children" that I will be able to bear deep spiritual fruit through Him, I will be able to see many people come to know Him initmately. His family will increase through me! How wonderful is that?

God confirmed His promise to me in four different ways, one was through Isaiah 54.

"Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the Lord. "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. For your Maker is your husband-- the Lord Almighty is his name-- the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth..."

There is a deep spiritual promise to Israel here and it speaks to God's heart of breathing victory and life into desolate vessles. He has breathed the same promise into me. He has commanded the desolate womb to stretch out her tent and lengthen the cords, to not hold back but to stretch far and wide. She has nothing but God will call up the blessing.

Even though it may appear in our human understanding that there is no hope, the Word of God stands true and it is through Him that hope is fullfilled. He alone is faithful. My faith is in Him and the things yet unseen. I will stretch out my tent and not hold anything back; I will wait on His blessing and promise.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Hebrews 11:1-2

Walking with God is such an adventure.