I started this blog in an effort to share with everyone (brothers and sisters in Messiah) what has been in my heart and mind in dealing with preparedness. Sometimes preparedness can become a way of life and consume our beings, to a point where we cannot do what our Heavenly Father teaches us to do.
The past months I have been dormant in the blog-o-sphere. I have spent time studying and praying and I have been waiting for the direction the Father wants my family and I to take.
I have come to an understanding that I want to share with you at this time.
Preparedness in a Believer's life is to be more than acquiring food stores, guns and ammo, BOB bags and physical materials. These are good and useful, but without Faith in the Father we will perish in the wilderness. The Children of Israel had to learn this before entering the promise land and so must we. We as Believer's in Yeshua need to heed the words that were laid at the feet of the disciples.
Yeshua spoke about the rich land owner who wanted to store more grain and started to build a bigger better storage and Our Father told him that his life would being taken that night. When we proceed to obtain more material goods and think 'now we need a bigger store house' or land for them, we are not waiting and listening for the Voice of the Father.
I titled this post A long wait..... For a purpose to explain the journey I am on with YHVH. In many ways we all have this journey, just not at the same time or the same portion of the path. When you are a parent and a spouse it becomes vitally important to have waiting periods for other members of your family, to be in the same portion of the path before you move forward as a unit.
Over the past year I have prayed over and for my daughter to grow and mature in her walk and faith. I am seeing that come to bear fruit. Sometimes I sit back and think is this the same little girl I carried on my shoulders for ice cream and swimming.
Praise to YHVH for His Work in her heart! I also have had time to see my beautiful bride grow in her spirit and heart to yearn for the Father's hand in her life. As a musician gracefully moving their hands over the strings of an instrument, I have come to see the works that the Father has done in her. Praise to YHVH for giving me a loving help meet! As this was going on in their hearts and lives I waited for YHVH to teach me also.
Back to preparedness..... Waiting on the Father to prepare you can give you the best results of growth, in smaller chunks, that may seem slow and tedious, but more rewarding than being moved all at once. An example I praise the Father for is the ability to spend ample time in prayer in the morning. I use to take 5-10 minute for prayer, keeping short and sweet. Do not get me wrong, those can be rewarding and for most are good, however I felt the hand of the Father move me into deeper prayer.
Deeper, quieter time to speak my heart. As my daughter went through a growing period from her multiple surgeries for a hip injury, I leaned more on YHVH, because I had to come to realization that I could not take on all her battles for her. It was tough to learn. I had to wait on the Father to work....and guess what? HE did and even more than I can ever imagine.... Praises to the Father!!!!!
In your effort to prepare for what is coming, do not forget that waiting on The Father to move you can give you the most growth, physically and spiritually.
A long wait.... is good....
Shalom,
Steve
