What does God have for 2009

One week into the new year.....what is God bringing my way?

The following scripture is what the Lord brought me to in my quite time one morning this week....

Gen 21:14-19
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob.
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Hagar was at the end of all she knew to do. She thought her son was going to die and had no idea of what to do to keep this from happening. God met her right where she was and he provided a well of water!

I have been obedient to the Lord in all he has asked me to do. He asked me to pick up and move to Medford to pursue the ministry he has called me to....working with a huge passion of my life which is Anthem (a discipleship school for college students). In all this I have been stretched beyond what I could have ever thought was possible....but God has been there the whole time! He is doing the stretching.

So how do I relate to the story of Hagar? I have listened to the Lord and since I have been in Medford I have given all my time toward Anthem....allowing me to go to a conference, go to Mexico with the team for a mission trip and also have some time with family and friends over the holidays. That means that I haven't been working I have just been living off of my savings. As you all know, savings do run out if you are not putting money back in to it. How I relate to Hagar is that I feel at the end of all I know to do. I have been applying to every job I can think of and still have had no luck in finding anything. I find myself on my knees crying out to the Lord in search of direction......waiting on a "well of water". This has been one of the hardest things I have ever had to do...but I know it is just more stretching from the Lord. I need to remind myself to trust the Lord in all that he has for me. You would think this could be a little easier sometimes, but then what would I learn if it is easy?

I appreciate all your prayers and support during this time of waiting on the Lord and I look forward to what the Lord will do in my life in 2009!