back to basics

God is working something in my life right now. I'm not sure exactly where He's leading me, but I'm excited, and I'm humbled, and I'm gonna follow Him as best I can!!

So here's my plan:

* Renew my mind with God's Word before I leave the house every morning. I know this is supposed to already be a basic practice in my Christian life, but I'll admit that I haven't been very consistent in this. Since Linda mentioned on Sunday that this is expected of us, I've been waking up earlier to spend time with God and in the Word every morning...Meeting with God is so good and I'm refocused on my purpose for living each day. I usually spend time with God at night, and I don't really cut that out, but morning is definitely good.

* Pray throughout the day...and listen for answers! This has been really exciting, having my prayers answered. I realised the other day that I previously never prayed with much expectancy, and that I never used to pray very specifically. Even where I did, I never really lived my days poised to see or hear what God might have been pointing out or saying to me throughout the day. Again, this is another basic practice in Christian life, but no one will ever get good enough at prayer, or at discerning what God says.

So this is where I am. Back to basics.

And what have I been hearing from God? Well...lots. Really challenging stuff too. When I try to vaguely picture how He wants to use me, I can barely imagine how I'll ever get there. But what He wants me to do now, is to learn to serve. And only in serving Him will He teach me the so much more that I need to know, about what is on His heart. I don't feel capable of doing anything, but 'Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.' (Psalm 144:1) God trains even in intricate skill. I think that God is leading me somewhere specific, but I'll just have to stay tuned to see what's next. Haha. I'm excited to see opening doors...