That which God has promised will surely come to pass no matter what little detours are taken along the way. God was just reiterating that I don’t have to worry about a thing!

I was thinking that God knows the heart of an individual and he know they really do want what He wants. But He does not make us do what we don’t want to do and that is the truth. So He will allow us to do or get exactly what we want. Sometimes we accept early on that we must acquiesce to His will and we just submit. But other times we will go on and do what we desire to do and that is also a part of the plan.

Today as I read the devotional below, I knew God was telling me not to pray against some exercising their free will (I won’t) but to allow His process to take place. Sometimes the action that we want to spare someone of is the very circumstance that will get them to destiny. In other words, your rebellious teen may have to hook up with the bad boy in order to become who God wants her to become. Your wayward son may have to go the route of smoking marijuana and go to jail to make him into who he needs to be. Your wrong decision, even if you don’t think it is right now, will bring you to the right decision.

I’m a seer and I always want to protect people from what I see. Parents are seers too! (lol) They have lived life and been down some hard roads and they see the end, so they want to protect their child. But in the end, we all have life lessons to learn, so we cannot pray that some will not exercise their free will and learn even the hardest lessons. God is going to use that nightmare they are about to go through and work it out for their good.

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns–01/24/12:

Enter the realm of the Spirit and ask what you will in faith. Do not hesitate or come with doubt or double-mindedness. Come expecting an answer, for I will surely hear and answer your requests according to My purposes, says the Lord. And, in your asking do not violate the free-will choices of others, for the ability to choose has been afforded to all and cannot be transgressed. Come to Me with purity of heart and exercise your childlike faith.

James 1:2-8 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

But the delay had nothing to do with them ultimately being together. The delay was for a course correction. Had she rushed, she would have gotten married to the wrong man. We know this now because time allowed her to see something that the blinders of “love” did not. I put love in quotes because it was much more than that motivating her and I saw much more passion with someone else.

I remember so well how I was working here and God revealed to me that I needed to leave the job. At the time, I thought I would be going back to New York City to live. But what actually happened was my Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I became his full-time caregiver. God corrected my course and stopped me from returning home because he had an entirely different plan in mind. And the fact is, it was never his plan for me to go back to New York to live. Those were my thoughts.

We should never be wise in our own eyes. God knows what is best and if we trust him, it will all work for our good, even if we have a hard time with it at first. The important thing is to acquiesce to His will. Don’t be like Jonah and have to go through a big storm and be swallowed up by a fish. Yes, God will allow you to do what you want, but it will cost you. So even if you are unsure and not trying to rebel, WAIT and in the end, you will see why. He see what we don’t.

Pocahontas was standing before a king. She decided to be like Esther and and plead for her people. She said the following words: “There are many voices around you, but you must listen to your own voice (what God has spoken to me). The King then asked “Why do you speak out when so many doubt you” and Pocahontas replied “Because I speak the truth”. Well I nearly shouted. God was encouraging me on in the TRUTH no matter who doubts. That was all I needed to RUN ON!

Every once in a while, I like to share the Spirit of Truth Devotionals because they are so on point. So much is happening and it’s always good to receive a word in season!

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns:

You have been in a time of old things coming to an end. And, even though you cannot see ahead to know what is coming, you can trust Me to continue to shut the doors that need to be shut and to open the doors that need to be opened. Do not be afraid, for I am with you to bring you into divine purpose and destiny, and I will fill the void in your heart and any sense of emptiness that has resulted from changes that are taking place, says the Lord. Put your trust in Me.

Revelation 3:8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

I love the movies because it reminds me of the role of a seer. In the movie Sandra Bullock’s character was two years ahead of her pen pal, so she knew about some things to come. Of course he was skeptical. Who wouldn’t be? In the end, she was able to keep him from death because she saw it ahead of time

If you are prophetic in nature you can appreciate a movie like this. To all you seers: keep saying what GOD tells you to say whether it’s received or not. Keep sending the warnings forth. You may save someones life.