Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I was on the run yesterday morning and I missed my time on the front porch entirely so today felt like Christmas morning when I made my way back. The Bible says “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands” and I love to watch Him work as the skies proclaim the work of His hands that no meteorologist can adequately define. He’s my God and I’m His child. He promises to never leave me nor forsake me BUT I need to do my Part to strengthen the Relationship I have with Him so that it will continue to mature. I need to do my Part to confess anything in my life that could thwart the Plans He has for me. I need to do my Part to chase after Him with a Heart thirsting for more. God never fails, but man sure does as we attempt to run the Show for God. So, I cling to the “One who began the good work within me and I’ll continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns” Isn’t that the way you see your Journey of Faith too?

God promises that He’ll never leave me nor forsake me but He doesn’t say He won’t “remove” Himself should I forget Who He is. We’ve seen the Spirit of God “removed” from a church body thousands of times when man took control and attempted to put God in a nice, neat little box. The sad thing is that most of the time the leaders in the church didn’t even realize that the Presence of God was no longer there because they were too caught up in running a well-oiled machine called “church” or bickering back and forth to notice. When you remove God it’s not like there is just a void where He was…man and the enemy work hard to fill that void as fast as they can and destruction comes soon after. Funny thing, in all the times I’ve seen a church fall into destruction, never once have I heard the church confess that it was man who kicked God out by trying to make God conform instead of allowing Him to make things “messy”. When God moves it can get messy – in the church and in the lives of its members…a good, beautiful kind of “messy” we should all be hungering for. Being willing to let God move to a point where things get “messy” is the Key to seeing the Glory of God!

I’m just a simple woman living a simple life in Virginia but there’s absolutely nothing simple about my Walk with Jesus. I’m willing to get my hands dirty when I need to. I’m willing to suffer persecution when I speak up. I’m willing to teach Truth at the “risk” of hurting others because I love them enough to tell them about the consequences. I’m rolling up my sleeves and I’m on my knees ready and waiting for the Glory of God to fall upon my Life and The Well…and I BELIEVE I will experience Him in supernatural ways because He says so. No detail, no inconvenience, and no schedule will ever tempt me to put God in a box.

How about you?