Contentment

     It has been at little over two months since I arrived back to America, and already I'm struggling to feel content. Each day I ask God for a job, an opportunity, and for {HIS} will to be manifested in my life. What I'm slowly starting to realize is God it taking me on a journey of [CONTENTMENT]. As I'm striving endlessly to {DO} God is softly whispering, "just be with {Me} Brittany, lay back in {My} arms and rest, sit at {My} feet and learn all you can from this period of your life". Jesus wants me to soak in Him by spending time in His presence. 

     I'm reading a book by James Goll called "The Lost Art of Practicing His Presence". This quote stuck me deeply, [Bible study is very important to us as Christians, but in the end it accomplishes little if it does not lead us into a {personal encounter} with the Divine Author. It is about less of me and more of {HIM}. Again I'm reminded that it is all about Jesus and not about Bree. I'm so filled with selfishness that I can completely miss the most important part about my Jesus Time, {encountering Jesus Himself}. I too easily forget that my time with God is about a relationship with {HIM} and not just a daily routine. 

     My prayer this week is that I will act on the divine appointments that God sends my way, and the remaining time will be spend allowing Jesus to live {HIS} life through me. I hope that at the end of next week I can look back and truly say I was filled with peace and contentment, KNOWING that I spent the week just as Abba Father wanted me to {sitting at His feet abiding in Him, resting in His presence, and waiting in stillness on His call}. 

{I have calmed and quieted my soul} ~ Psalm 131:2a

{Pressing In}

{Those who wait upon the [LORD] shall renew their strength} ~ Isa 40:31a

     Leaving the {Bible school Bubble} has been very challenging for me and my walk with God. While I was there it was easy to wait on the movement of the Spirit, but now that I'm back into the life of comfortable AMERICA I find it difficult to press in. Fighting complacency has become a daily battle. My flesh does not want to press into Jesus...I don't want to rest...I want a job so I can be dependent on myself instead of {Waiting} on Jehovah Jireh to take care of my needs. God is continually reminding me that HE delights in providing for me. He does not want me to be dependent on myself, a job, or others...He longs for me to cling and rest in His strength. 

{But from there you will {SEEK} the [LORD] your (GOD) and you will {FIND} Him if you search after Him with your {WHOLE} heart and with your soul.} ~ Deut 4:29

     This week, I choose Jesus...allowing myself to be caught in the movement of the Spirit. Complacency does not have a hold over my life because I am a child of the one and only LIVING God! He has delivered me and set my feet free to {DANCE} without dignity. Pressing in is the new theme of my life

{For you are a people {HOLY} to the [LORD] your God and the [LORD] has {CHOSEN} you to be a people for His {TREASURED} possession, out of {ALL} the peoples who are on the face of the earth} ~ Deut 14:2 

I choose Him because He first chose me and loved me. 

Resting at the feet of Jesus, 

Brittany