When I went on a mission's trip to Africa, one of the things our team leader asked me to do was speak to the female staff, at the place we were going. I did a lot of praying...asking God for a word that was just for them. It's what I call a "right now" word. Meaning it's just for you, and it is a word about where you are spiritually, and what God has to say about it...right now!
A burden began to drop in my heart, as I prayed. I kept seeing in my mind's eye a tire going back and forth in the same spot. Bathing the thought in more prayer; the analogy became clear to me. These women I was going to speak to in a couple of days were in a "rut!" If you have ever experienced a rut, you know it is not easy to got out of one. Sometimes you have to put a board under the wheels, use the pure power of the engine, or maybe it takes several people at the back of the car to push it out of the rut!
The time had come for me to share this insight from God about what was happening to them. With their heart's laid bare, they received the message. At the end of what I shared with them, I asked them to find a place in the room, off to themselves, and ask God to deliver them from the ruts that held them captive. The room was silent for a few moments. Then I began to hear prayers being mumbled all over the room, but it wasn't long before I began to hear loud wailing. Voices crying to heaven in repentance for leaving God out, for doing things under their own power and strength, and causing these ruts to form!
Puddles of tears literally began to take over parts of the wooden floor in the room where the women were praying. Their repentance reconnected them with the only One who can bring life into any and every situation!
Without including God in everything we do, we become helpless to do "His" will! We become "stuck" in the rut, and this is how Satan takes our life-line away from us.
In our lives, we LOVE to stay connected...blogs, Twitter, My Space, Facebook, e.mail, and texting to name a few. I do most of these things too, but we also need to stay connected to God! We need Wisdom from God everyday, and the challenge is to stay connected. It is getting fresh manna for today. Not living off old, stale bread from yesterday.
God can be moving all around us, but we may not be aware of it, because we are not tuned in...we don't hear, and therefore we can't know the heart of God.
My declaration for today, and hope to say it every day is: "God, I need You! Without You, I am nothing!"
Don't leave home without Him!!
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