It's Time

Joshua 3:5 (NASB95)
Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

Do you ever struggle with not wanting to do what God is telling you to do? I find the grey areas to be the toughest. Often times the "big" "clear" boundary lines don't trip me up as much as the little ones. (I'm not at all sure that God differentiates big and little, but I have the feeling we humans can all relate...)

I am ready to see God work in awesome ways, and yet I'm feeling stuck. I am spiritually lethargic. And the only way to move out and move on is to further consecrate myself. And it's going to be painful.

Zechariah 13:9 (NASB95)
“And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

I'm already in the fire, and there's no choice but to submit. What I value most is the crystal clear connection to God which can only be the result of complete obedience. I've been pleading my case long enough. Now it's time to yield. To submit. To obey.

Sigh.