When God Moves.....

I have been praying and allowing God to do some supernatural things in my life and the results were happening so fast that I could hardly take it in. Do you know how it is when you want to see something happen so out of the ordinary that you have to pinch your self to make sure it's real after manifestation??? The thing is, you will only settle for seeing some sort of miracle or the Lord Jesus Christ himself appearing at your door. Well it doesn't quite happen like that. But it will happen the more you seek HIM and the more you get quiet before HIM; believe me, he will show you what HIS specific plan is, if YOU ALLOW HIM TOO!

We scurry through life daily, weekly, monthly even yearly asking God..."when are you going to come through for me? When are you going to show me what YOU want me to do in life for YOU?" Well, it's that still small voice that speaks to us when we get quiet. Quiet enough to listen and know that it's not YOU talking but the Holy Spirit. Oh....what a fantabulous feeling. I bought a book called "Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, which was referred to me by my good friend Virginia. Oh by the way, it's always a good thing to mark the perfect wo-man. When they suggest books and such, take them up on it. You will either like it or not. Anywhoo...the first time I read this book, I wasn't quite feeling it because I was going every which a way mentally; where I new what I wanted to do, I hadn't found my way just quite yet.

My prayer was that I would stop vacillating and know what it was that God wanted me to do. Too often I see this. We get all caught up in the hype of things and before we know it, we are unsure and back to "praying and asking HIM what is it that you want me to do?" So I kept at it. Oh the ventures that I thought I was supposed to engage in. None gave me the satisfaction I was looking for.

By then, it was time for our India trip. And oh what a trip. It changed me from the inside out. It was there where the Lord let me know exactly what I was to do. So after returning home, I talked to my "Babe" about what my heart was feeling and where my heart was. He listened intently and he then put his hand on my heart and said "let the Lord lead you. If it's ministry you are called to do, then ministry is what you need to do." My heart leaped with joy. Not just because of what he said, but because God has placed this treasure in my life that knows what it means to follow the passion that God has put deep down on the inside of you.

Time for the new semester to start was quickly approaching. I mean faster than I had anticipated and faster than what I wanted. As I looked over the books that had come in the mail, my heart just dropped. I could not see myself finishing up something that I was so hell-bent on (sorry for the vernacular but it's so true.) a couple of years back.  The passion was GONE...and in fact, I had a meltdown after I realized all the work that this semester contained. As I cried and spoke to the Lord, I told him that this is not what I want to do. In fact, I didn't want school period. At least not this kind of schooling.

This book really spoke to the core of my spirit. And it was then that I realized what I needed to do. I am one class away from my Life Coaching Certification, one class away from my Biblical Counseling Certification and a couple of tracks in Marriage and Family Counseling. What am I wasting my time for?? I kept asking myself that question? Why not do what it takes to get where YOU are supposed to be. Ding, Ding, Ding......another light bulb came on. So without hesitation, I did what it took. By the end of September, I will be down to one online class at the Junior College. And I will have picked up on the last class for my Life Coaching Cert. It's time to get it and move forward with HIS call. Will I ever finish my degree? It's a projected goal, but it's not top priority. I will take a class a semester and see how it goes. Would I love that piece of sheep's skin in a frame in my office??? Of course, but my Certs would even look better.

Listen to the call that HE has for you. Not something that is pleasing to someone else, but pleasing to YOU and the one who has called you. HIS Perfect Will is what you are aiming for. We make it a battle that we don't have to fight. We also go through life not knowing what we are called to do and before you know it  years have gone and we are still asking HIM what HIS will is for our lives. It's never too late, but what JOY we can experience when we find out what our vocation is.

Do you know what  your vocation is????

Smooches and Blessings,

Kiwanya