In 2018, God called me to a period of rest. “Be still & know” were the words He whispered into my heart. Easier said than done, though because of course, all my heart could do was question the reason for resting. It was a spiritual discipline that I had to work on throughout the year. I had to put dreams on hold, push plans to the side & focus my heart directly on Him. Again, HARD. Because, if you know me... I am a planner. I am a doer. I am a go getter. And, God was asking me to be just the opposite of that. “Be still... and KNOW” As I disciplined myself with rest, I began to KNOW the reason for resting & I can clearly see that reason today. God used rest to RESTORE pieces of me that needed rejuvenated. God used rest to keep me deeply ROOTED in Him. God used rest to REPOSITION my heart for this next season... this NEW season. He makes all things new... and through rest He brought upon this NEWNESS in me. A well rested heart became... rejuvenated, restored, rooted, renewed, repositioned! And isn’t it funny how we always question the ONE thing He calls us to? We fight and fight, forgetting that there is a bigger purpose behind it. Without that rest, I wouldn’t be RESTORED. Without that rest I wouldn’t be made new. New - that is my focus this year. The NEW that God created in me. The things He is bringing to life within & around me. The pieces of me He renewed. “Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed I will make a way.” Isaiah 43:18-19 He is about to do something NEW. In all of us. He is going to make a way for us. He is going to remove brokenness, renew our strength & show our hearts a way to be BOLD this year. Now, as I sit this morning, drinking my tea & thinking about this season of newness, I open up a blank notebook and stare at the empty lines in front of me, lines waiting to be filled. My heart, too, acts like this empty notebook. New pages with empty lines, eager to be filled. & I am ready to fill them up with you this year. There is a whole lot of NEW coming to Lines of Faith this year, too. NEW ways to fill up, faithfully. & I can’t wait to share it with you. MKG
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