Unraveling Dream
Leviticus 25:1-7
25 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 The Sabbath of the land[a] shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves[b] and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, 7 and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.
I have been praying to God for direction and an understanding of his vision. I have been looking to continue my ministry elsewhere but not for sure where I was to go. When you work in ministry five to six day's a week, all year long it's hard to step back and look from another prospective. I have finally been blessed after working 7 years for a non-profit ministry with no real time off, simply because all those who work for the ministry live on property next door to each other. It's like working for a bar and living above it. You can go home, but never get away from the chaos and people.
Today He gave me this passage.
My wanting for money, wanting for a house, wanting for more than what I have now has been a large factor in my indecisiveness of my calling. Part of me knows I made a commitment with God to follow Him no matter what, but my flesh wrestles with what I'm worth in the world. I could leave ministry and go back to working in the Restaurant business, and maybe run one of my own. Making 5 times what I am making now, But that would mean Leaving my calling. I could go back to bar-tending and take home an easy $200-$300 a night, or back to teaching and still make more than I do now.
But I have made a decision to follow God no matter where he take me!
For now I'm here in Cochabamba, Bolivia getting a much needed sabbatical from work. Quite interesting it came at exactly 7 years of being with Reconciliation Outreach. That tied in quite nicely with Leviticus 25:1-7. The seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest.
So, as in 1 John 2:26 I have to let go of what I want because "Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity."
I thank God for allowing me this time to step back and reevaluate my walk.
On another note, Snack time with tha boys. I could hardly call this work!
25 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 The Sabbath of the land[a] shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves[b] and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, 7 and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.
I have been praying to God for direction and an understanding of his vision. I have been looking to continue my ministry elsewhere but not for sure where I was to go. When you work in ministry five to six day's a week, all year long it's hard to step back and look from another prospective. I have finally been blessed after working 7 years for a non-profit ministry with no real time off, simply because all those who work for the ministry live on property next door to each other. It's like working for a bar and living above it. You can go home, but never get away from the chaos and people.
Today He gave me this passage.
1 John 2:16The Message (MSG)
15-17 Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.
My wanting for money, wanting for a house, wanting for more than what I have now has been a large factor in my indecisiveness of my calling. Part of me knows I made a commitment with God to follow Him no matter what, but my flesh wrestles with what I'm worth in the world. I could leave ministry and go back to working in the Restaurant business, and maybe run one of my own. Making 5 times what I am making now, But that would mean Leaving my calling. I could go back to bar-tending and take home an easy $200-$300 a night, or back to teaching and still make more than I do now.
But I have made a decision to follow God no matter where he take me!
For now I'm here in Cochabamba, Bolivia getting a much needed sabbatical from work. Quite interesting it came at exactly 7 years of being with Reconciliation Outreach. That tied in quite nicely with Leviticus 25:1-7. The seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest.
I thank God for allowing me this time to step back and reevaluate my walk.
On another note, Snack time with tha boys. I could hardly call this work!
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