How God Moves Us
We have settled on a date to move to the village, May 30th, but how we got to that point is a way that God has worked in our lives before. In the past, God has asked us to move and trust Him to work out the details. When we were still raising our financial support in the States, we were waiting on the finances to arrive before moving, but one day we felt like God was telling us to do it the other way around. Get moving and the finances will show up. So we kicked our preparations into high gear and sure enough, God worked the rest out for us. In no time flat, we were on a plane to France.
Well, it has been similar here. For several months, we had in mind mid-June to move to the village, but, through various extenuating circumstances, we felt like God said that it was simply too long. When we had mid-June in our minds, there was no sense of urgency to our preparations, but when we felt like our departure could be moved up a full month, we switched into high gear, just like before moving to France. We started packing items we didn’t absolutely need, we scheduled flights, looked at the remaining necessary vaccines and wrapped up my responsibilities at the office. As we progressed in moving forward, God made it clear that we wouldn’t be moving mid-May but rather at the end of May. But why would God make us think we might be moving within 2 weeks when that wasn’t the case? I think the answer is that God wanted us to move and trust Him for the rest. He wanted us to be willing to move no matter when and He wanted us to trust Him to work out the details. And just like before, He has. Now if only we can remember this for next time.
