Parables

    "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you." Isaiah 26:3

        Night before last, I dreamt of a parable where there I was lost and going all sorts of directions. I eventually met an older woman who found me and brought me back to where I needed to be. I even remember a note on her vehicle saying "find Lisa she could be anywhere"! Unfortunately, I woke up before the dream finished.

 

        Last night, I was reading my bible devotion and it was on the parables of Jesus in Matthew 13. "This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see;     though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." Matthew 13: 13-14

        Later on, I was speaking with a friend and she mentioned all the parables in her life. I didn't mention anything to her about my parable dream and found it very interesting how she just threw out that information about herself.

        After that I was watching a movie "The Testament" with my best friend. IT WAS ON THE SAME PARABLES THAT MY DEVOTION WAS!! Okay God, I definitely see a pattern going on here. Not sure what You are trying to get through to me but I am open to receive any word that You have for me. Only God understands how clueless I am with hints, even parables.  I may not be "wise" enough yet to figure out these parables for myself YET, but I am tenacious enough to keep digging and figure out what the meaning of it may be.

        With a small amount of thought while typing out this blog, I see that even though God is letting me wander around in what I see as aimless direction, He is sending out the right people that will steer me in the direction that I need to be with my ministry. I'm not lost, I am saved. I'm not aimlessly wandering around, I am learning through devotions, Bible study and people God sends my way.

        I am loved and protected by God and taught by the word of God...What else do I have to worry about? When worries start to overwhelm you, imagine lifting up your eyes and seeing Jesus standing over you. I do not want to be one of the people that Jesus looks at and says "OH Yea of Little faith!" I do not want to fail God, so I strive to learn much about Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. Of everything I have recently learned, it is that: Nothing is too hard or too big for Him to handle.

        Father God, You are always near, but today I am asking you to come close to me. Like the man who asked to be close to the eagle, then the eagle flew to the man's shoulder; Father I ask that you show me how near you are to me. Here are my burdens, please take them from me. I am tired and my body is weary. Remove my fears of the physical and replace anything weighing me down and keeping me from Your relentless love. Come close to me as I come close to you. Guard me against evil forces trying to bring me down. Please show me you are with me and are protecting me. Please, draw closer. In the precious name of Jesus Christ, Amen