What do you see?

Lately I've been at a mad and extreme pace of applying for jobs. Applying, interviewing, and being rejected... The order has not changed for sometime now. But the time frame I can mark specifically. It's when I got discouraged and stayed there. There were many moments of hopefulness, even moments of insight, and direction. Overall, the truth remained as it was, I had simply failed to do what I have always done in the past, seen life exactly as God presented it to me, NO MATTER WHAT!

Confused? Let me explain with this... in the past, God would show me it's time to move out on what was next... Job wise, I never had difficulty seeing the plan as God saw it, and allowing that to change shifted the flow. In the past, I would simply hear God, follow my heart/gut, and move in the direction I felt led... whether I walked into a job site and was hired on the spot, or applied, and went through the formalities of filling out paperwork as my schedule was discussed, the flow was consistent. This time around had been different, I feared being unemployed, I feared not being able to take care of my family, I allowed panic to set in and winced at the idea of being rejected. And so it has been,,, NOTHING!

What have we been able to lock in on, and not waver or see any other way. The bible noted it this way:

Matthew 15:18 King James Version (KJV)

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

See what God has for you, don't waver from what He has said things will be, and simply watch it come to pass,

So far away

I can recall a time when I was returning home from dropping off my daughter at camp. It was her 3rd year, and I had already made it past the complicated twists and turns coming from the mountainous area that was the camp site. I was back onto the main highway, but distracted by exhaustion and conversation... On a path common, but tired and talking... Needless to say, somehow, missing my split to head towards my town, headed nearly an hourly past where I should have been... I should have been minutes from my home, but instead, managed to be much closer to a different state line, much less the city where I belonged.

How many times have we been distracted by exhaustion, exhausted and trapped by mindless conversation, activities, or attitudes that lead to nowhere... or even worse, lead you in the completely wrong direction, so far off course that it takes a complete "about face" redirecting turn around to put you back on the right path.

If you find yourself in too many life changing moments of headed in the wrong direction, it may be time to put your filter up... get focused... and have a come to JESUS moment and  recalibrate your order.

Matthew 6:33King James Version (KJV)

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

the  Message puts it this way...

Matthew 6:33The Message (MSG)

30-33 “If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Seek Him with all your HEART... so you don't find yourself miles from what God has for you... His path for you is peace, that will never operate in exhaustion, confusion, idol chit chat, or activities that waste your time...