Are you hard at hearing, or choosing not to hear?
Stillness is the absence of movement or sound.
I want to first apologize for the delay. But hey, better late than never.
"Destiny you are not praying to me you are just venting", was all I remember hearing God say when I begin to beg and plead for him to say something. In the pit of my stomach I knew I was being called to more but from every angle I tried to see my way out I saw nothing. This time had to be different I had made up my mind that I couldn't move without his direction and instruction.
For 20+ years I had did it my way and from the outside looking in, it worked. However, in the inside, deep down inside the lack of true happiness and fulfillment said it hadn't. Miserable with my corporate job and the position it had put my health in, I knew my only option was God this time, and nothing else.
When dealing with infertility, the Lord gave me a step by step process in prayer, that allowed me to hear him every time, that I pulled back out to put to use. It was during that time the Lord begin to reveal to me what he actually meant when he said you haven't been praying to me but venting. He said Destiny when you call a friend to vent what does that look like? Uh I pick up the phone, tell them I'm needing to vent, vent and then hang up! Ok and what does it look like to have a conversation with someone. Uh, I call and ask them how they are doing, tell them what's on my mind and where I am stuck or frustrated as they listen attentively and then I allow them to respond as I listen attentively. OK. So out of those two examples which one matches what you are doing in prayer with me?
Guys!!! When I tell you I had a whole epiphany, light bulb, aha moment whatever you want to call it. I did! "Destiny prayer is to be in conversation with me." He said, my daughter you are coming to me, the one with all the answers, your coach with the plays to win the superbowl and leaving with no solutions, no directions and definitely no plays. How? As I clearly instructed you in the step by step process I have given you, being intentionally still with me is the most important part. That is where you get your clarity, direction and instruction.
Releasing with me is important but how will you ever be able to continue to pour from a cup that isn't being refilled? You won't. It was after that, life for me changed drastically. Every morning I was diligent about pulling out that template and following it verbatim in the form of journal praying. The Lord started to unravel his plan and purpose for me and how I had gotten so far away from it. He led me out of my corporate job, the one that I could see no way out of and into my God given purpose.
When you really think about it, God wants nothing from us but our time and attention. It only makes sense that he would speak up when we are intentional about hearing from him and ready to take steps to be obedient. How would you feel if everytime someone called you they were about to walk into a store, work, or change a diaper? Like they called to say they did but not really to conversate or be intentional. Right? When is the last time you did this to God?
Comment Below and tell me your honest answers? Remember this is a judgement free zone because Lord knows I've done it more times to keep up with.
Get the step by step process God gave me to hear him in prayer every time below.
