Once again I find myself drawn back to this original blog. God has instructed me to begin to blog regularly on my business website (www.udderlydelightful.net). I have had some issues being able to share the blog on social media, so today I felt led to simply copy and paste this blog onto my website as well as share it here. God is speaking to me as never before, and I have to believe that the message He gives me will be seen by the right person or people. So, if you feel led at any time to share one of these posts, I encourage you to do so. With that said, here is what the Lord laid on my heart this morning:
The last few weeks I have tried to be obedient to the Lord when He asked me to take some time off from my business and just use the time to seek Him. For anyone in business, that may seem like the dumbest decision you could ever make. Who takes time off during the busiest sales month of the year?
I know now beyond a shadow of a doubt that God intended me to get back to the place where I hear His voice and put Him first in my life above everything else. He has given me new vision. He told me, "I have given you this dream. I have given it to you as a platform for you to use to declare my grace, mercy, power, and provision. You will be able to speak to those who need to hear My voice who wouldn't have been able to hear it any other way." Praise the Lord! That literally just came to me as I was writing. I still don't know how God is going to do it, but He is telling me to trust Him. He is telling me, "I will prepare the way when there seems to be no way. I will go before you and open doors that you could never begin to open for yourself because it seemed like they were sealed shut. Those doors are easy for me to open, and when I open them, I want you to walk through them. I need you to trust me.".
Today is my last day off from my break from school. God instructed me this morning to just once again take some time to spend with Him and listen to His voice. (It is now 1:20, and I have been praying and seeking Him since 8:00 am.) Truthfully, my mood was not great this morning. I was feeling a little discouraged with some of the things going on around me, but God reminded that it was simply the enemy trying to gain a foothold. In Ephesians 4:27 it says, "Do not give the enemy a foothold."
I pray that you will go on this new journey with me. God has instructed me to faithfully write what He lays on my heart. It may be daily; it may be weekly. I don't know, but I will be obedient this time. It may seem unconventional to write these things on my business page, but I am going to go where the Lord leads me. I have begun to see my business as a ministry. I know that is what God intended it to be all along, but somehow I didn't see it myself until very recently. I plan to share with you in the coming blog posts some of the dreams and visions I have had about this business and how they began to take shape over time. I have such a strong feeling that God wants to unlock the doors that have been holding me back from accomplishing the dream He has given me. I feel like 2016 is the year that everything changes. Please understand that when I speak of "my" dreams, God wants you to envision your dreams, too. He is no respecter of persons. I feel like the purpose of sharing these posts with you is so that I can awaken something in you and give you hope and encouragement. When the Lord speaks to me, He is speaking to all who will listen. If ever the Lord speaks to you through these posts, please feel free to comment. I would love to hear from you. Be blessed, and be a blessing.
