For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end fulfillment; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait earnestly for it, because it will surely come: it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.                                                                                                                      Habakkuk 2:3

It has been over a year since my last post. I have thought many times about writing, but what to write about? This past year has been a journey. The last thing I wrote was that I was in an uncomfortable place, where I was finding I had to depend and rely more on God, than anytime before.

The journey didn’t get easier just because I declared I would trust in the Lord and remember all the times He had been there for me. No, quite the opposite. The journey became harder, and I found myself alone. God was teaching me, and preparing me for what He was about to do.

Then God asked our family to take a leap of faith, to step out of our comfort zone, and walk where He would lead us. The path was not clearly marked, no neon signs to mark the way, just a gentle whisper saying, “Trust Me!” So we stepped out. We were scared. Had we really heard the voice of God, or was this just us?

Things began to happen. A message on facebook from a pastor saying that God had been telling them to get in touch with us, and they didn’t know how. Then a phone call, and finally a meeting.

Then a few months later, another phone call, another connection made for a chance to minister. The doors and opportunities continue to open before us.

It wasn’t easy to step out, and leave everything that was familiar and comfortable. Sometimes it has felt extremely lonely, but none of that compares to knowing that we were obedient and God is faithful. We knew that God had been placing thoughts and ideas, even dreams, of things that seemed out of reach to us. At times we wondered if any of it would ever come to pass. We didn’t know how or when, or even if it was at all possible. But God knew. He has an appointed time. And when it looks like it will never happen, He speaks “all things are possible to those who believe!”

This is only the beginning. Every day, as I read the scriptures, He speaks, “I have a plan. I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it. I have an appointed time.” And as each day passes, the excitement, and anticipation grows. We know we have not seen all that God wants to do. He is still planning, and opening doors that we will walk through. He is making a way, where there seems to be no way. He is going before us, teaching us through the process.

With each step we take, we ask God to have His will. Less of us and more of Him, that people would see it is not anything that we have done, but it is because of everything that He has done. We trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on and require Jesus as our greatest need. The Lord will take us, and use us in His appointed time. We must expectantly hope and wait on Him!

Look around you, replied the Lord, among the nations and see! 

 And be astonished! Astounded!  

For I am putting into effect a work in your days                                                            

such that you would not believe it if it were told you.

 Habakkuk 1:5