Adjustment time...

When God works in your life, you have to be prepared for life to change quickly and drastically. Most of the time things change and it takes some time to get used to the changes. I think that is the period that I am going through now.

There are going to be aspects of my life that are going to change in the next few weeks. It's going to take time for me to adjust to these changes. I have not worked a 9 to 5 job for over a year. I'm nervous, I'm excited, I'm scared.

This is a time where I'll have to rely on God to keep guiding and helping me through each day. He knows the challenges that I will go through. He knows the support that I'm going to need along the way.

I'm glad that God knows my needs before they come up. I am glad that God has given me friends to help me get through each day. I am glad that God has given me a supportive family.

The one thing that I need to do is continue to rely on God through the good times. When I became employed before and things became comfortable, I began to rely on myself. I have to keep my focus on God. He will work things out for me. I need to remind myself each day that God is taking care of my needs and burdens. He has them under his control. He does not need me to do anything but trust in Him.

When I take things back into my hands and start trusting in myself, it means that I am not trusting solely in God. When we do not trust in God, He does not always allow us to have all of the blessings that He could give us.

Numbers 20:6-12 NIV

Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. The LORD said to Moses, "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink."

So Moses took the staff from the LORD's presence, just as he commanded him. He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?" Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them."

When Moses struck the rock, he was not trusting in God. Even though God still gave the Israelites a blessing, He did not allow Moses to complete the journey. God had a better idea in store for Moses, but because Moses did not trust, that life changed. It was cut short. Moses never was able to see the end result of his work.

How many times do we stop trusting and expect God to still come through with blessings? Do we expect the best from life even through we are not following and trusting in God? In order for us to live within God's plan, we have to trust in Him 24/7.

Lord,

Please give me the strength and conviction to keep focused on my relationship with You. I know that You have a wonderful plan for me that is much better than I could even imagine. Please be with my prayer requests, especially my Parents and R. I praise you for giving us some good days with Dad. It is so good to see him doing better.

I love You!

Brie!