Transition

Good Morning Friends..

     Have you ever began to walk into a new season and realize real quick this is going to require more from me than the last one did?

     That's where I'm at right now.

I'm in a transition at work, waiting to hear what's next, and although God has already begun to prepare my heart for what may come....I'm torn. This place I'm at now has loved me so well. It's comfortable. It has become familiar. I know who I am here. And stepping into something new, i know all to well that its going to stretch me. It's going to require more of me.

    And last night God gave me a dream. I won't share all the details, but I do want to share what it showed me.

    I felt unprepared for the level I was stepping into. I felt like what used to cover me wasn't enough anymore. And I didn't quite feel like myself in the middle of it

     Then this morning I opened to the Book of Judges and realized this is exactly where Israel is. In the Book of Joshua, they had strong leadership, clear direction, and victory after victory. But now we step into the Book of Judges, Joshua is gone. And things aren't as clear anymore. It begins with "Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first?" In Judges 1:1

    They're stepping into new territory but they're having to figure out how to walk it out for themselves.

    Israel entered the land but they didn't fully take it. They didn’t drive everything out like they were supposed to. They allowed certain things to remain. They compromised in places that didn't seem like a big deal at the time. And that partial obedience hurt them.

    We have to understand that stepping into new territory will always require a deeper level of obedience. We can't carry old habits into new assignments. We can't rely on what used to work in the last season or step into something new halfway. But we do it all the time don't we.

We say I'll be okay, I've got this, but deep down we're feeling the stretch.

                We have to Put our Boots On.

There's a difference between being called and fully walking in it. Some of us are in that in between place right now. We know God is moving us forward but we don't feel fully settled yet. That doesn't mean you're not ready. It just means this season is going to require more of you.

     So let me ask you some questions today.

🌟 Where are you stepping into something new but holding back?

🌟 What are you allowing to stay that God already told you to deal with?

🌟 Are you fully walking in this season or just easing into it halfway?

     Because Judges 1 clearly shows us that if we

don't deal with it now we will most definitely have to deal with it eventually.

     Let me pray for us today...

God,

As we step into new territory, help us not to do it halfway.

Give us boldness to fully obey You even when it stretches us.

Teach us to let go of what no longer belongs in this season, and to walk confidently in what You've called us into.

Remind us that if You called us You've already equipped us.

Amen.

Love Pastor Mandy

Ark of Hope Ministry 

Daily reading Judges 1