One of the prayers that I pray often is: “Lord let them see MORE of you and LESS of me!” Though there is a significantly profound amount of spiritual weight this prayer holds, tonight I was shown a different way in which the words MORE and LESS have the same capacity when it comes to the kingdom and those God has chosen.
For the last 5 years, I’ve lived independently on my own in my comfortable and cozy apartment. When I committed to doing the World Race back in October 2016, I had it planned out that once my lease was up in July, I would move in with my sister, brother n law and the kids for about two weeks and then head to launch in August. However, THAT WASN’T the plan that God has. In Jeremiah 29:11 he says “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” One thing that God is continually reminding me in this season of my life is that HIS PLAN is far better than my plan, and that if I relinquish control (confession: THIS IS HARD FOR ME!), that he truly is going to work it out for my good (even when it’s uncomfortable) as it says in Romans 8:28.
So here we are, it’s August 2, 2017 and I’m going on week 3 of living with my family and my new launch date is in 5 months. I’ve moved out of my apartment, sold and purged A LOT of my belongings while other things remain in storage, and I reside in the guest bedroom with two racks for my clothes and those shoe divider bags for my shoes.
For the last 3 weeks, our associate pastor, Pastor John Gray (one of my ABSOLUTE FAVS! Google him!) has been preaching and teaching about “Seasons.” Tonight he continued with the series with the title “Seasons Part 3: “Heir” Conditioning. He basically talked about that as heirs of God, we have to go through some pruning and preparation in order for God to take us to the next season. At the beginning of the year, my word was “JUMP,” but after postponing my launch, my word for the remainder of the year is “PREPARATION.” (See how that goes hand in hand?!…let’s continue.) He went on to explain that how you respond in your season of preparation, is directly linked to the weight of glory that’s going to happen in your life. He also stated that in this season God is not “breaking you,” but he’s “breaking you in” in order to get the glory out. At the end, he closed by saying “God is calling you to do MORE with LESS.”…And THAT’S WHEN IT HIT ME!
All this time, I’ve been uncomfortable and have complained (hey I’m human) about my current space, but over the course of these 3 weeks, he’s been showing me how to let go of things I feel that I need to hold onto because where he’s getting ready to take me that “stuff” can’t go! Rather it’s emotional stuff, physical stuff, and even people, it can’t go because the task ahead of me is FAR TOO GREAT. As Pastor John Gray mentioned tonight “the higher you go, the more you drop off.” This has also been preparing me for living in community and also living in smaller spaces.
In 5 months I’ll only have the pack on my back and the contents in it for 11 months. Where I am now is only preparing me for what’s ahead and I know that the LESS I have, the MORE he’s going to be glorified. I hope this blesses you!
-xoxo
Ramesha Nicole
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