Hosanna Restoration Church

I was reminiscing with God of the joy He that our lives have experienced with Him. Not only is this a new year but we have entered our 50^th year of marriage. We completed year 49 New Years eve! What a difference the Lord has made. We made it through the first 7 without knowing God, thankfully He knew us.

I was reading in numbers and as I read this section, it was easy to see that intentionally or unintentionally, I definitely treated God with contempt. He certainly was visible. I had every opportunity to get to know Him. I simply ignored the promised land that was waiting.

This opened a flow of praise and thanksgiving as my mind wandered through the blessings we have experienced. I was drawn to the desire to have unfailing love like Jesus displayed along with many other requests and I thought that I should quit praying about it and just do it. It will still require prayer, but action produces results!

I went to sleep last night with Micah 7:18 on my mind. It reminded me that God does not stay angry, instead He pardons our guilt, because He delights in showing unfailing love.

I woke up and sat down to pray and when I quit talking, after a bit I heard the Lord say, “retire!” Thankfully, before I acted or reacted to that word, He finished His sentence. He said, “Retire from worthless things.”

I had some thoughts, but I was momentarily blank. All that is not God is worthless. Spirit good. Flesh bad. Fruit of the spirit is good. The flesh wars against the Spirit. Do not let the flesh quench the Spirit.

All these things are obvious. God is faithfully obvious! These things are not new by any means. This is the precise answer to my desire to be who I am supposed to be in Christ. The answer is always the same, but by many names. Retire, got my attention! First of all, the shock of such a thought. I have always said I retired when I met Jesus. Since then, I have not worked. It is all joy. I have no idea what it would like to retire! 

I realized a long time ago that God would never run out of work to do in me. I am thankful that He keeps clarifying the way to get where I desire to go. If I cannot bring God into something, it is worthless. God can make everything worth it. Help me Lord to see the worth and remove the worthless. Help me to reflect the fruit of the Spirit and dispel the darkness of the worthless things.

It is time to get to work retiring from worthless things. I pray the Lord will quickly direct me as I walk His path. I am sure He would help with my garage as well. Lots of worthless there!