“Behold, I make all things new.” Revelations 21:5
God declares it is a time for the new things. Fresh beginnings are upon us.
Many yeast ago, I knew the Lord had actually impressed upon me the need to “PREPARE” and lead my family into what I heard as a “Preparation Call”. This calling came during a time when things were fine in our Country and our economy was actually pretty strong. I was perplexed as to why I was being led to prepare.
“I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, I will hold thine hand, and I will keep thee. Behold the former things are come to pass and the new things do I declare before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:69
I struggled for a long time with what God had laid on my heart. It just didn’t seem to make sense and I continually asked God for answers. I didn’t fully understand, but I think part of this Preparation Call was to be willing to learn how to accept God’s instructions in FAITH – rather than by intellectual understanding.
So, I pressed on trying to just come to grips with what God was asking. I wrestled with it alone not daring to share this crazy notion with my family or anyone else. I feared that they would assume that I had gone off the deep end and had lost my sense of reality.
But… one day I finally surrendered my flesh as I realized that my job was to follow in Faith, and be obedient to what God had laid on my heart. I didn’t know the future, but I knew that my steps were ordered by the Lord – and I knew that He would guide my path.
Shortly after that, I told my family that we were going to begin Preparing. They didn’t know what to think, but figured we were on a new journey. And for certain, we were.
That day, over 20 years ago, we surrendered to the Preparation Call. I didn’t know what exactly to expect and certainly didn’t have an exact blueprint of what we would be doing.
There is much more to the story, but we will share more later. The wonderful fact is… God has done some amazing things in our lives along the journey. The Preparation call was nothing at all like I imagined but we are definitely understanding more of why God called us to Prepare – and His hand of mercy was on us ever step of the way.
“I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, I will hold thine hand, and I will keep thee. Behold the former things are come to pass and the new things do I declare before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Isaiah 42:69
We found the Preparation Call to be a time for fresh beginnings. A brand-new lifestyle, the abundant life of God’s love is feasible for every follower. When we are obedient to His call and open our hearts to God’s unfailing love, He will bless our steps – even when things just do not seem to make sense initially.