DO IT NOW

Deuteronomy 2:3 AMP And the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘You have circled this mountain long enough; …

I wonder if you are a do it now person or an indecisive, can’t make your mind up person? When decisions are life changing it’s not easy to bite the bullet and just do it, but there are times when enough is enough and the Holy Spirit is saying, “Do it now. You’ve put it off long enough!”

Sometimes it can feel like we’ve gone round the same mountain so many times! The Israelites had done the same thing and Moses told them the Lord was saying it was time to move forward. They’d gone round in circles long enough!

If they hadn’t obeyed they’d still be going round the same mountain and never have reached the promised land! So this is a word for us all today, if the Lord is telling us to do something, let’s step out in faith and just get on with it!😊 

That doesn’t mean God wants us to pursue something that just seems like a ‘good’ idea, but if  we’ve heard from the Holy Spirit then it’s a ‘God’ idea and it will prosper. His promise to lead and guide us is still working, so if we take one step He will not only show us the next one when we need it, but He will help us do it.

It may be something small like eating less chocolate biscuits😊, or taking more exercise, or asking for help, or changing our jobs, or moving house! 

But whatever it is, let’s be sensitive to our inner voice and give the Holy Spirit room to speak to our hearts and if He says do it now, then let’s do it now!😊 Amen.

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OPEN DOORS

John 6:20-21 NKJV But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

Have you ever been on a journey and someone in the car says, “Are we nearly there yet?”  They’re growing tired of the journey and they want to arrive at where they’re going!😊

Life is a bit like that when we have thoughts and plans of where we want to go but the journey is taking longer than we thought to get there. But this passage reassures our hearts because as long as we have invited Jesus into our boat, as long as we know it’s a journey He’s planned and not just something we’ve decided we want to do, then He will get us there as quickly as is necessary.

God says He will direct our paths, that He will make crooked paths straight, that all things work together for the good of those who love Him. We may not realise it at the time but closed doors we may have had can be just as important and helpful as open doors, and we can thank God for them. 

We all know that God’s timing is never wrong and He has moments of favour all lined up for us to walk into, when everything starts to fall into place, and the grace of God is on it which gives us His confidence to know we’re on the right path.😊

Isaiah 30:21 NLT Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.

The Holy Spirit wants you to know this, at the right time God will open the door that’s right for you and He will take you through it quicker than you thought possible, just like the disciples ‘immediately’ arrived at their destination! Be encouraged God is directing your path and it will be blessed. Amen.😊

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