I got in the habit of spending my quiet time with God late at night when I began to have my children.  It seemed that no matter what time I would get up in the morning, they would get up before me.  So, since I'm a night owl anyway, God and I would meet late at night and then we could go as long as we wanted.  That late night time has served me well over the years.

 

But now, with my children all on their own and with working here at home, my life has changed drastically.  My late night meetings with God aren't working as well as they have been.  Yesterday, on my accountability conference call with some of my co-workers at AIM, God convicted me that I needed to change that time and meet with Him the first part of my day. 

 

And this morning, I did.  I got up, dressed and went right to my devotional time.  It was wonderful.  God spoke to my heart right where I was.  Afterwords, I did my workout on my treadmill and was able to meditate on what God had told me in my devotional time.  And then, I began to pray about a responsibility I have that I'm not sure how to handle.  As I sought God's will in the situation and pleaded with Him for guidance and wisdom, He said, "Sit with me!" 

 

"Sit with me!"  So I sat with Him.  I sat and prayed.  I sat and listened.  Then He said to me, "Go to The Word."  So I went to The Word.  I opened The Word up to Amos 7.  Weird I thought, I just finished reading a book on Amos 7, called Walls of My Heart.  As I read through Amos 7, I came to 7:7 and read, "This is what He showed me; The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb with a plumb line in His hand.  And the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Amos?"  "A plumb line," I replied."

 

Immediately upon reading the words, "A plumb line", I knew why God had told me to Sit with Him.  I knew immediately what it was that God wanted to tell me while I "sat with Him."  He told me something so intimate, so personal, so "just for me."  It gave me goosebumps.  It explained so much.  It was exactly what I needed to hear!

 

I am in an intense time of the year right now with my position as Ministry Coordinator of American Indian Discipleship with AIM.  I am putting the finishing touches on setting up the SW misison trips that are running this summer, I am talking with Regional Reps from AIM & Youth Pastors to help them get fit with just the mission trip that God wants them on and I am preparing to lead my first project of the year on the San Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona the first week of April.  So much is unsettled in all of this.  God has continually shown me over and over that I can't do this ministry with AIM alone.  I must depend on Him because I simply don't have all the tools or resources to do what must be done.  And so, once again, I am glad that I serve a God who talks to me.  I am glad I serve a God who cares about me.  I am glad I serve a God who meets me right where I am in life.  I am glad I serve a God who is so very capable, that He doesn't need me to be, He just needs me to be obedient.  To God Be The Glory!