Movin' and Shakin'

Yesterday was a revelation day, I will never forget that. Okay so maybe the sky didn't crack and the Spirit of the Lord didn't exactly descend like a dove and give me a “Thus said the Lord...” but He sure spoke loud and clear. And I listened. It was as if every conversation I had was filled with some sort of revelatory goodness of how God was moving in the lives of my friends. Their encounters with God weaved its way into my heart and touched at the center of my very situation in a way I could not ignore. It was amazing to say the least. A lot of times I wait for God to show up in these over the top ways; ways I can't ignore and I will know exactly what to do or what direction to take. That's my rendition of how God moves. Though He works in the big miracles still, it's the small unseemingly things that we take for granted that He moves in all the time. I heard a pastor say, “God takes the ordinary of our everyday lives and makes something extraordinary”. That was so true for me yesterday. He used ordinary conversations with friends I talk to all the time and turned them into extraordinary vessels for His glory. There was so much poured into me last night I think I woke up with a spiritual hangover. My reality right now is that God is moving in my life. The crazy part for me is that I have no idea what will happen next. Being the planner that I am I'm ready to fill my calendar with tasks and duties to get this show on the road. But God says, “My ways are higher than your ways...my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” It's time for me to put down the day planner, throw away my to-do list, fire the “control freak” in me and be a passenger on this ride. There will be a lot of work and responsibilities ahead of me but Philippians 4:13 takes care of that...this is about to be fun!