Have you ever had a moment when God ask you not to do something that you want to do despite the fact it is virtually harmless.  Well I struggle with these moments more often than I would like.  It’s not that God is trying to make my life miserable but that He knows what’s best for that given moment.  I have been changing my direction in life because I feel the leading of the Spirit towards my destiny.  The thing I keep coming up to is that some of the things I have done for years and enjoyed greatly are some of the items I have to release in order to step forward.  These things are not bad things they are all ministry related but not the ministry God called me to.  Don’t get me wrong I don’t feel God is denying me joy or anything but I just find it hard sometimes to let go of things especially things that I have enjoyed over the years.   Letting go is not as easy as it sounds.

Ultimately I have learned the importance of listening to the Spirit when it steers you in a direction you might not understand, to do it anyways.  God would never mislead you or put you in a situation of compromise.  There are times it might boil down to God strengthening your obedience level or His ability to trust you to follow His way and not your own no matter how simple the situation.  I love the Lord with all my heart and soul and long for an even deeper relationship than I have now no matter what the cost.  Having the things I enjoy like hanging out with the students from the youth group and such will have to take a new position.  Perhaps that is why God told me to teach this year.  I get the reconnection and strengthen my teaching abilities which will help me in stepping forward in a Ministry of being in front of people while teaching and sharing.  Seems simple now that I wrote it out! 

So I guess the statement for my day would be Peni I love you brown man despite your ability to be in a city so close and I still can’t fellowship with you.  (Sorry readers that was for my favorite brother from Hawaii) the statement would actually be trust God even in the simplest of things…