Through the Terrains with Jesus | 003

We all sat on that bed as a family together, sitting in the silence for one whole minute.

I just got done sharing with God what I didn’t understand… what it was we were facing and coming up against.

Then the downloads flooded through as we all sat on that bed. What an instant download I received from Him.

To be honest, sometimes it doesn’t take quick responses from God to answer my prayers. But somehow He wanted it to be instant in this moment we all came together, sitting in the dark cool place on our bed, gathered as one.

“You have allowed to be relied on. Have them rely on me!”

This was a place of teaching. A teaching I had no idea my heart needed.

We come to places, through terrains, not knowing why we face what we face. Sometimes we won’t know right then and there. But then there’s times we get downloads of why.

For so long, as a mama, I have allowed them to rely on me for it all. And this is where God was showing me that not only I needed to be taught, but everyone around me. How better aligned could it be for Him to align it while we all were together on that very place, our bed, the place of comfort and safety for my children.

As I began to open my mouth, it was then I felt the Holy Spirit begin to share to them what needed to be said.

“For so long mama was relied on for everything. For clothes to be ironed, for breakfast lunch and dinner to be made at this specific time. For laundry to be done and you guys not have to fret about having no clothes to wear the next day. For dishes to be cleaned up. Dogs to be fed. House to be spotless clean each day you guys enter home. Right now God has been showing us all that everything was relied on me. Just me. And it shouldn’t be that way. We are a team. If we see workers on a roof, how many workers do you see? 1 or many? If we see house builders, how many do you see? 1 or many? Building a home and redoing a roof needs team effort and because we are a family, we are a team, one. Not just one person doing it all. God is showing us a new thing in this, that its time to work together the way a family should. If we were to see a roofer with only one person replacing the roof, how long do you think it will take?”

silence.

8 year old says, “a long time mom.”

“Why yes. A while. Why? Because it’s just him and He has no helpers. Now what about a house builder?”

12 year old says, “a while mom.”

“Absolutely a while because it’s just him. Each helper plays a role with their help and gifts. This is us too. We all need to pitch in and help because times like this, when we, me and dad couldn’t get out of bed, cook, or even walk a few inches, it was hard. But all in this, I see God is teaching us all something in here that we all need in our hearts.”

There is times we walk through these terrains and won’t understand or get a sense of why right away. And its okay. It’s while walking through them with Jesus that he reveals little at a time of why we are in these places.

Terrains are challenging and hard to walk in. When we walk alone. But when we walk with Jesus, though it be challenging, we still carry this joy and comfort knowing we have someone who has walked it before. Terrains were never meant to harm us but grow us, teach us, equip us in the places we need them the most. It’s meant to show us the one who was, is and is fully able to carry us hand in hand through it all.

What terrain do you find yourself in? How do you see Gods hand at work?

And if you can’t answer those questions, its okay! Ask the Lord, “where am I at right now and what are you trying to teach me that I am not grasping?”

May you be strengthened today and the days ahead as you walk this terrain. May the Lord show you a new thing and downloads from heaven fall upon you.

Be encouraged in the hard times friend. Be strengthened. It will be okay.