In Obedience We See God's Miracles

Joshua 3:15-16

"Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing."

This morning in my devotion time, the Lord had me walking through Joshua. I love the book of Joshua because it is the time when we see the goodness of the Lord and his promises come forth. Joshua becomes the leader of the Israelites after Moses dies. He is the one that gets to lead God's people into the Promise Land!!! Once the Israelites get to the Jordan river the Lord directs them to take the Ark of the Covenant into the river. The river is not just a calm river and it is no big deal to come near it.....it is actually raging and at the flooding stage. I can just imagine what the Israelites were thinking when they saw the river. I am sure they were a little fearful and wondering if they really heard God correctly.

In Obedience We See God's Miracles

The Israelites were Obedient
"Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their

feet touched the water's edge....."

And they saw the Miracle

"....the water from upstream stopped flowing."

It's one thing to read God's word.....it's another thing to believe that it is truth. This season of my life I have been learning a lot about being obedient to the voice of the Lord. And when I say obedient, I don't mean a few days after he says something to me, but immediately doing what he asks. About two weeks ago I received a phone call from a really great and trusted friend. As we were talking I walked away knowing that the Lord was asking me to do something that I saw as very hard....and I was even a little fearful of the unknown, just like I am sure the Israelites were before they stepped into the Jordan river.

What the Lord has asked me to do is to sell my truck. I know to some of you that is probably not a big deal....but for me it has been completely hard to make that decision. When I first heard the Lord say that to me, I was thinking.....why would God say that to me? I have spent so much time and money taking care of my truck....why would he ask me to do this? I love my truck!! This is going to be a sacrifice. So I began to process through what the Lord was saying and realized that if I do sell my truck, I can pay it off completely, buy something else to drive and I can get out of debt almost completely. Thinking about that now, in the place that I am in financially.....getting out of debt is God taking a huge load off my shoulders. WOW! God does have a plan! So I will step out in OBEDIENCE and watch what the Lord will do!

I put my truck up for sale this past Tuesday.....parking it in the church parking lot on the busy street the church sits on. Within a few hours I had phone calls coming in. We are living in a day and time where people are not buying things, they are selling.....but God asked me to sell and he is bringing me a buyer. If you would like to pray for me during this time I would greatly appreciate it! I want to see God's miracle and I belive it is coming!!

~ Kim ~

Life On The Vine

This past weekend I went to Camp Crestview to join 160 women at a conference/slumber party called Life On The Vine. I went with Kate, Ashley and the Anthem Girls.

It was our first "girls outing" and it was amazing!!

On Saturday afternoon I went in to the chapel to hear Sunshine speak. She shared her testimony and the response of the women was amazing. After the testimony time, Shannon Kearney spoke about the next thing we were being invited to do. Around the front of the sanctuary were about 5 or 6 different stations. At the first station was ash on a plate. The second station had rocks and a cross. The third station was clean water in bowls. Then there were about six women available to pray with you. After that you could go and take communion. Next stood three men that had been asked to attend this conference. They were there to pray with the women. After that there was salt and then apples and honey.

At first I didn't really understand the reason for the stations. Usually in situations like that I tend to just walk away from them instead of engaging. I did walk out of the sanctuary for a little bit and said to the Lord, "I don't get it!" He said back to me, "I don't care, get back in there and go through it." I have been in a place of learning to be obedient right at the time that he asks something of me, so....I walked forward and got in line. Still unsure about what the purpose was, I reached out and touched the ash. Immediately the Lord spoke to my heart and said that my past is behind me and I need to stop looking behind and keep pressing forward. I went to the next station and picked up two rocks. As I was holding on to those two rocks the Lord began to show me two things I needed to let go of and leave at His cross. I began to pray and then placed them at the foot of the cross. The next station was prayer and as I turned around I saw someone that I knew and the Lord sent me to them. There has been a relationship that I have struggled in and the Lord wanted to heal that area. God is so good to direct and prepare hearts. After the conversation and prayer with each other, I was then able to take communion. The next steps happened and I left the sanctuary really excited about all that My Father had just accomplished in my life. If I would have remained stubborn and not walked through the stations just because I didn't understand, then I would have really missed out on something wonderful and very freeing.

Thank you Jesus for the blessing of your voice speaking to my heart. I would be lost without hearing from you!!

~ Kim ~