The word rolling in my spirit this morning is “wisdom makes a way”.
We’ve been under pressure here, much of it self-imposed. Pushing into new things, looking to expand.
But when it feels like grace doesn’t attend a path of action, what do you do?
First, you need to discern if the resistance is just your flesh recoiling from something new and therefore difficult.
In such cases, the discomfort requires a dogged determination to continue until complete.
Keep turning your flesh on the spit of discipline.
I’m slowly roasting myself to get more organised in my business planning.
My business plan for years has been a cup of coffee and “what do I feel like doing today?” so the idea of tying myself to a stricter regime is unpalatable.
However, a Word is fueling me through.
God told me I was “stubborn” and needed to get organised, and on the other side of the discipline would be a quiet place. What feels uncomfortable now will lift stress later, allowing for increased energy and creativity to think and grow.
On the other hand, I have another project I started to pursue that sounded like such a good one. It was in my wheelhouse and would help and bless other people and potentially deliver dividends for me. But it piled a pressure on me that was unusual. No grace.
The problem, too, is that I had no Word to work with.
I saw others succeeding and wanted to paint myself into their frame.
Be careful not to do that.
Sometimes, resistance is the Holy Ghost holding the reins.
A timely Psalm for me has often been,
“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding” (Psalm 32:9 KJV)
Biting the bit and running ahead or stubbornly pulling against. When I feel myself tugging in this way, I pause to reevaluate.
Another recent directive for me is:
“follow the things which make for peace” (Romans 14:19)
If something agitates and doesn’t sit comfortably in my heart, I’m learning to ditch the FOMO and follow peace instead.
Not always easy, but so much better than burnout.
Peace leads, and wisdom makes a way.
