God must have
graduated from Waverly
School
“Plan your work
and work your plan.” It has been a
mantra for me these many years and helps me see things that have been well
planned and things that have not. My
humble opinion is that God is an awesome planner, one who prepares well for all
that he wants to accomplish. That is why
I think he may have graduated from Waverly
School
Before Jesus, God
sent John. “And he will turn many of the
children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the
spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a
‘PEOPLE PREPARED’.” (Luke 1:16,17). “And
you, child will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before
the Lord to PREPARE HIS WAYS…” (Luke 1:76-79).
John was sent to
prepare the way for Jesus. As Jesus was
nearing the end of his time on earth he comforted his disciples by telling them
that he was going to “PREPARE a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take
you to myself, that where I am you may be also”
(John 14:1-3).
In the end it’s
all about being where he is; being in his Presence. In his Presence all else fades; all my work,
all my accomplishments, all my trying to be someone or something…it all fades
and melts away when I am with him.
My preparing is really
just being able to receive.
God prepares me to
receive him. Sometimes I get so wrapped
up in preparing myself for God that I lose the focus of what I am preparing
for. Like Martha I worry and strive
about the elements of hospitality and it makes me inhospitable. Spiritual formation, deepening meetings,
discipleship and stewardship are all fruits that will grow from SIMPLY BEING in
his Presence. He is the Host and he has
prepared a place for us to be with him; now and forever.
“Cease striving and know I am God. Relax, let go and know…”
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