In my life at the moment, it is more a season of downtime. That being said, I am ridiculously busy, but the kind of work I am doing is a lot of preparation. It is about to get crazy very soon.
In the meantime, God is calling me to two different things.
1) To be at rest, and understand the season of downtime I am in.
2) That this is no excuse for laziness. That preparing myself in Him is actually a lot of work.
Seems kind of conflicting, and I am not exactly sure how it all works out, but I do know this. Digging wells is hard work. I wish I had a cool story of one time I helped some people build a well, and could share lots of stuff life that. Well... I haven't ever dug a well. I've dug holes before. I dug out trees from the ground, but no wells. I imagine that it is a lot harder than anything I have ever done before though, ditch-digging-wise.
God gave me an illustration early last year that I have never forgotten. It was about foundations. You see we are called to be builders in this life. Whatever way we look at it we are building things. We are building things of the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of man.
He showed me that I am limited, and can only focus on building one thing. I said yes I will build the kingdom of God, and He showed me building a magnificent tower, I built it higher and higher, until, at the slightest gust of wind, it tumbled down.
I did not understand why, and He showed me that it was because I just started building up. He said that my job is never to build up, but down. I am the digger. I dig the foundation. It is hard work. Dirty work. Humiliating work sometimes.
He said that the further I went down, the further that He could build up. The more secure the foundations, the higher the structure that can be built.
That right now, I am digging wells. I am digging wells so deep that when the time of famine comes. That when the time of testing comes, I am have something to draw from. I have a foundation. I have fresh water welling up, that will not run dry, because I have dug deep in the time of plenty.
It is hard work. It means early mornings, late nights. It means prayer, it means bible study, it means fasting. All when it seems like this is the time to enjoy the fruit of my labour.
But I want my future to be more than my past. I want Him to use me in greater ways than how he used me in the past.
So I invite you, will you commit yourself to digging down with me? Surely we have had enough of building up adn up, only to see it comes crashing down. It will be hard. You probably won't get the recognition you feel you deserve.
Is it worth it?
Always.
Let God be with You, let Him be the strength of your arms and the wisdom in your words.
Daniel