Showing posts with label newthings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newthings. Show all posts

Friday, 1 November 2024

Uprooted to Prosper

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“Know this, he who knows the plans he has for you will plant you in his chosen location in his garden. The Gardener may uproot you – even prune you – but you will soon prosper, producing new pleasing fruit.”

Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait silently for God alone. For my expectation is from Him.

Young David had recently killed the Philistine champion, Goliath, and gained victory for the Israelites. Sadly, King Saul was jealous of David’s fame and fortitude and sought to take his life. I could well imagine how David must have felt. He may have hoped that the king would promote him to serve the Lord as Saul’s right hand. Unfortunately, this was not the case. David must have been greatly disappointed. But David knew his God and he knew his God had great plans for him. David writes, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust.”

Disappointment can be immensely disheartening. You may feel you have trudged through life working so hard to achieve your goals only to be let down by others. Disappointment is not failure. Failure only ensues if you quit. Sometimes God allows your goals to come to naught only to raise you up for new and prosperous opportunities.

Imagine a young tree growing strong in a fine garden. The gardener waters it regularly and gently prunes it every season. It’s growing tall and strong in, what it believes is, a splendid location. One day, the gardener decides that the tree would be far more effective in a different position in the garden. So, he carefully uproots it and replants it in a newly chosen place. The tree may feel forlorn and disappointed, believing he has been rejected by the gardener. Initially, it wilts. It loses many leaves. Its fruit fails for one season but then, as spring arrives anew, the tree takes root and begins to flourish, providing shade to the weary and fruit for the hungry.

Perhaps, like David and our dear tree in this story, you feel you have been let down or rejected. It could be you feel disappointed and abandoned. Know this, he who knows the plans he has for you will plant you in his chosen location in his garden. The Gardener may uproot you – even prune you – but you will soon prosper, producing new pleasing fruit.

God-tracking is being replanted by the divine Gardner.

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1 Samuel 19:8-14
Jeremiah 29:11
John 15:1-2

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Tracking the Will of God Year One & Year Two

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Help me to adjust to my new position in the garden and, like King David, help me to rest in you, my rock.”

“Lord, I feel so lost. I’ve been disappointed and let down by others. I feel like I don’t belong in this place anymore. Yet, I know you’ll never abandon your plans for my life. If I need to be uprooted and replanted then do it. Help me to adjust to my new position in the garden and, like King David, help me to rest in you, my rock. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at,
https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

 

Friday, 24 February 2023

I Want What God Wants for Me

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“Continue to acknowledge the Lord in all you do, look to Jesus and keep tracking what God wants for you.”

Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; Before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

“I want what God wants for me.” As I read Lyndie’s post I was reminded of one of my life verses from the Bible: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” The truth of that statement is, it is, indeed, God who knows the plans he has for me but I don’t. God knows what he wants for me. Therefore, I need to obediently look for and track God’s plans without relying on my own ideas and strategies in life. And that is what God-tracking is all about.

Sometimes, God’s plans may lead us on a successful and prosperous path for many years. If we acknowledge God in all our ways, he will open the doors to productive work. I always say grace is God’s doing, and by his grace, he will equip us well with talents and skills to do the work he has called us to do. So, let’s do it well with all our might as unto him. However, there may be times when the Lord says, “Good job, my son but the job is done. Now it’s time to move on to new things.”

I have been active in an area of ministry for more than 40 years. Thankfully, it’s been very productive and anointed. I have seen many people grow in their understanding and experience of God in this area of Christian living. However, the Lord, according to the plans he knows he has for me, has recently said, “the former things have come to pass.” By this, I sensed the Lord telling me to lay down this aspect of ministry, after all these years in obedience to his leading. Now, by his grace, the Lord has opened a new door for me and I look forward to new blessings.

Perhaps you face a similar situation today. My encouragement to you is to continue to acknowledge the Lord in all you do, look to Jesus, and always seek to track what God wants for you.

God-tracking is wanting what God wants

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Colossians 3:23
Isaiah 48:6

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Dear God, I want what you want for me.”

“Dear Lord, I praise and thank you for all the years you have used me in this work. I surrender the results of my productivity to your glory. But I have heard you call me to lay it down for the new plans you know you have for me. Help me to let it go, O Lord, and help me grab hold of all that you have for me. Dear God, I want what you want for me. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at,
godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.