When they entered in,
finally done wanderin'
did they realize yet
how short the trip could've been?
When they finally knew
what they didn't do,
did they wish they could forget
all the reasons they didn't just break through?
Why it took so long,
Only the Lord knows,
just like with us,
when our journey slows,
we circle around,
& eventually see
we are still distracted
from His direction far too easily!
When we enter in
To abiding consistantly
In the land that flows
With milk & honey,
We will know deliverance
From all captivity,
& will walk as overcomers
in true liberty!
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Author's Notes/Comments:
Why do we think there are shortcuts? And why do we resist waiting on the Lord WHOLEHEARTEDLY, struggling with dropping ALL our own plans for having our heart's desire's come to pass? He placed in us the hope & faith in His promised land opening up to us, & yet we so quickly grow weary, impatient, even losing sight of what He so clearly revealed~ He tells us to abide in Him, & that He will abide in us~ that implies through even however long it takes for us to leave our own attachments to 'Egypt' behind,{this world & all it's enticements}& to cease from our wilderness wanderings, & enter into His promises, His provision, His blessing, the good land of continual awareness of Christ in us, the hope of glory!
Once we are there, & remain, no turning back, no more going in circles,WHY it took so long will no longer matter~ until then, we need to just press through the distractions from the straight & narrow path, & allow ourselves to follow the pillar of fire, & rest in the cloud of His covering, & He will bring us through all He brings to us, to teach us to let Him live His life through us.
Even in the promised land, battles still ensued~ but living knowing He's already won the victory, we'll learn to consistantly
be more than conquerers!
We're called to be OVERCOMERS! Let's allow nothing to overcome us but our love & desire for Him!Let's allow our hearts to be overcome with His love!
