I wrote a while back over Priscilla Shirer's One in a Million and am reminded of this lesson tonight. For anyone who is interested in the area, we will start a women's bible study again at the first of the NEW year again. Right now, I'm feeling the need for a break. Not a break from meeting but a break to pray and wait and ask. Ask for direction and take time to listen. Because I feel something in my spirit that makes me excited. I feel the momentum that builds when you just know that God, through the Holy Spirit, is working and about to work. Of course I don't know what it will look like but that's the importance of asking and waiting. And other forms of preparation if He asks. There is a sweet strength of a group of women that rely on the Lord and for that I know that we all need to be prepared to hear. So for those who want to join me in praying, the prep starts now. Praying for the next study to undertake, that it will come with a strong leading from the Lord. There are so many of us (me included!) who are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting, longing, ready to hear the Lord. As funny as that sounds, I know that we should always be ready to do what He ask and as ALWAYS from the great commission.....some things we just don't have to pray about....we just KNOW we are supposed to be doing this already.
It is just exciting to study God's word with a hungry group of ladies who truly want to dive deep and study the word and watch it leave an imprint. It is even more humbling to look back of past studies and see how many Prayers the Lord DOES ANSWER over the mere course of a study. It does make me anticipate the in between prep and prayers over the next one. I love bringing the request we make to the Lord, knowing that He will answer us. And humbled completely when He does. I think the best part about studying God's Word with a group of women is the beautiful relationships that are built and that we get to live this messy life TOGETHER!
So in reference to the above book again in closing, I can feel God doing something a long way off. He may be doing it downstream before we see His preparation, but rest assured the work is being done. He is doing something right now visible or not. May it fall on listening ears and teachable, soft hearts. That is my prayer over all of us!
