Before I get
started, I want to speak blessing and insight connecting each one of us to a
deeper, higher level of His understanding and application of knowledge in our
hearts, minds and lives.
Father God,
Yahweh, Jehovah-Jireh,
I give thanks
and praise to you for all you are doing in and through me. My heart is filled with peace, joy and
anticipation for what you have for me today.
With the authority, you have given to me, I speak to my eyes to be open
to see, my ears that they may hear, my heart that it may receive and my mind to
understand the insight you have for me today.
Thank you for your loving faithfulness.
In Yahweh, Jehovah-Jireh’s name, I pray.
Amen.
Ready or not …
here’s my heart for today!
So, for the
past few days I’ve have had the urge to read Haggai. Our family does the chapter a day with a body
of Believers that we fellowship with.
Currently we are in the book of Proverbs which is always filled with
wisdom of how to handle specific situations that are presented in life. It’s a great resource. This week we also have the added benefit of
attending the Greater
Faith Conference. (Click to watch rebroadcast.) My typical day generally starts around 4 am
and ends somewhere between 10:30 and midnight … so this week has been packed
even fuller mandating a rest week for many things – which is a concept I need
to consider incorporating into my life on a consistent basis. On top of all this time in the Word and
sitting in teaching, I still have the quiet but insistent urge to read Haggai
again. Well, today is the day. I finally took the time to read it. I mean … well, it’s only two chapters … but
what a timely and appropriate two chapters as we are nearing the completion of
the first 10% of 2017 being. (You know
how God feels about the first 10%. This
year has brought awareness of purposed insight into His 10th portion
of my year … I have to admit, I’ve not purposefully lived HIS first 10th
of the previous as well as I could have but thankfully I’m only accountable for
what I know and do from the point of awareness.
God’s grace and mercy once again.)
- So, do you feel like you are …
- Sowing much but bringing in little or not harvesting at all?
- Eat, but still hungry, don’t have enough?
- Drink, but still thirsty?
- Clothe yourself, but are still cold?
- Work to earn wages, but there’s holes in your pocket? Your paycheck doesn’t stretch to cover all?
If you find
yourself in agreement with even one of these things … many of us are
experiencing all the above … then it is time to do as He says and … “Consider
your ways!”
I challenge you
to go read the book of Haggai. This book
was written to the people living in Jerusalem and to those who had returned
from exile. It applies to each one of us
today. Those of us living in His created
purpose for our lives and those of us returning from wondering from the purpose
that He has created us for.
Talk about
accountability check. If we are
experiencing even one of the bullet points above, then we need to stop and check
our purposed use of life. Are we
building up our own body, home, business, etc. before we are tending to the Lord’s? You say, “Yeah but …”. I totally hear and feel you. I look at our daily calendar. Besides having a busy family life, we
homeschool. We have a ministry and two
businesses as well as attending HMS School and attending services 14-15 hours a
week as well as the bonus of the conference this week which puts us attending a minimum of 29 hours this week. And yet, I must “Consider my ways.” I’ve been looking at how and when we can
volunteer during our already feeling full schedules. It appears there’s just no way. However, the need to serve where we are currently
being called to sit under to learn is already on our family’s heart … and now after
reading Haggai … any thought of “need for food, drink, clothing, bills,
paychecks …” (and with teenage sons …” I’m hungry” or “what’s for dinner?” is
plentiful!) makes me stop and “Consider
my ways.” To look to see what I am doing
to “build His temple”.
It is written
in Haggai 2: 18b-19, “from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s
temple was laid – consider it: Is the
seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the
olive tree have not yielded fruit. But
from this day I will bless you.”
Okay … so mega
WOW enlightenment from something that I’ve read before but obviously ready to see
and receive now. Do you see it? It is written (and we all know God can only
speak truth) that from the day the foundation was laid – Yip! Starting from the
day I put first time to serve and volunteer in building up His temple/the
fellowship we are mentoring under … that unlocks blessings to pour out over me,
our family. I don’t have to wait for the
seed in the barn to be sowed, grown and then be harvested. I don’t have to wait for the growing season
to progress to be the proper time and temperature (Goodness the temperatures
are so up and down here in Missouri! 75
degrees one day, 29 degrees the next and today we are heading back into the mid
to high 60’s. I’m not even a tree or plant and I’m confused but praising the nice
riding weather in the middle of what is called winter!) for the fruits of the vine or trees to put on
buds, produce fruit and ripen. Nope …
God’s blessing starts at the very foundation of DOING. Based on that Truth, I cannot afford to NOT
volunteer a portion of my time to His temple building. I experience it constantly in my life that
when I do what He lays on my heart, everything works together better and the
outcome is far greater than what I input when I follow HIS leading. When I try to meet expectations
of others and those I place upon myself without His guidance, it is always far
more effort, time, energy, expense and the outcome is no way near the same
quality. So, if I’m feeling lack … it’s
an accountability moment to make sure I’m tending HIM first and then
myself. Only then can the scale balance
or truly tip in my favor. (Vision a scale with chains suspending plates on each side of the balance point. I'm purposefully loading the plate on His side! Tee Hee I've lived the other side and I'm not going back.)
So, I challenge
you to … “Consider your ways.”
As you proceed in your day and life, it is my desire
to bless you with sensitivity to God’s voice.
I call forth your inner spirit to receive this blessing. Spirit, God speaks in many creative ways, and
I bless you with tuning your spiritual ears to him. Your salvation depended on His voice calling
you, and your response to Him was music to His ears. I bless you with listening with commitment to
obey. I bless you with a hearing spirit
and an understanding heart to discern between good and evil. I bless you with clearing out static and
interference so you have clear communication.
I bless you with awakened, deeply cleansed, and alert ears to hear. I bless you with knowing your Shepherd’s
voice. I bless you in Jesus’ name with
the sound of heaven. So Be It!
It is our
desire for you to KNOW God, to share His Word with you but also to share our
lives with you in love. We welcome
getting to know you and to be able to love you where you are. We are honored to support you on your journey
to get from where you are to where you want to be.
Thank you for the investment of your time.
May you hear and receive what is yours to hear from the sharing
of a portion of my insights.
Be blessed in the Name of the Lord, Yahweh, Jehovah-Jireh.
Created
to Serve in Love,
Michelle Wendt
His
Beloved, blessed wife and mother
My
Father’s Blessing Ministries and Be Healthy His Way Mentor
For our Be Healthy His Way Team – Emotion Study Group:
Today diffusing and using:
Dill, Sage, Melissa, Cool Azul
To support and expand in these areas:
Regard, Self-sufficient, Happiness,
Letting God lead, Hope, Purpose,
Unfoldment, Freedom,
Mobility, Amusement, Transformation, Truth, Wisdom,
Content, Unconditional
love, Openness, Respect, Divinely protected,
Stillness, Forgiveness,
Harmony, Connected
