WAIT, WATCH & PRAY

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Why we should Wait, Watch Pray!

As I was praying about the ministry over the last 

few weeks I continue to feel that we are not to jump 

and take off running in all sorts of directions trying 

to stir up the ministry. When the Lord opens the door,

we are ready to walk through it but when he isn't
moving and opening doors we need to be content
and realize he is still moving and sometimes
preparing things we can't see. 

There have been many confirmations that the
Lord was going to open the windows of heaven
and he did.  He continues to give confirmations
of certain things but we just don't see it taking
off and happening.  Therefore, I began to ponder
about Abraham and Sarah and how they tried
to make the Word of Lord happen much faster
than what the Lord had planned.  The Lord was
truly going to send them a son but because
it didn't start happening the way they thought
the Lord was going to do it, they began
to plan and plot it out.  (Genesis 16)

Probably somewhere in their mind thinking they
were possibly doing things right because after all,
God had promised.  They both knew in themselves
having this child was impossible so God must
be showing them to do it in a different manner.  So
instead of letting God do it, they just decided
to help out just a little bit.  As we can see with
Abraham and Sarah when we try to get in the way
of the Lord we cause brokenness and problems
for future generations to come and for
our own generation.

I also began to ponder on the thought that a friend 

and I talked about a couple weeks ago. When the 

Lord was ready to lead Lot out of Sodom, the Lord
sent His angels and they took Lot by the hand and
brought him back into the house where there was safety
and protection and made plans for his family to
leave the city (Genesis 19).

Then we have the story in the bible of
Enoch who walked with God.

"And Enoch walked with God:
and he was not; for God took him."
(Genesis 5:24)

In all my searching and prayers I feel the
Lord is just saying to wait for Him and let
Him open the doors that need opening in His
time.  It is far wiser to move beside the Lord
than to move in front of Him.  When He
is ready for us to go forth I believe He
will lead the way.  He may lead in a
way that we are not planning.  It's so easy
for us to think of all the women who
are speakers, teachers and leaders and
the world begins to press and feel this is
what we should do, while the Lord may
have a different path that we could totally
mess up if we try to do things in our
own way and our own time. 

SO WE WAIT, WATCH AND PRAY!