If You Seek Him, He Will Answer
© 2012 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2012 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2012 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison
Some of us are going through life as if we are simply going through the motions; merely existing. This is not the way God wants us to live. Lately, I’ve been hearing the term, “live your life on purpose.” This is truly what God desires that we do.
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison
If God has placed a vision in your spirit, wait on it. Most of us recall the scripture in Habakkuk 2:2 which states: “Write the vision, and make it plain…,” but then fail to realize there is more to the scripture in verse 3: “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.” (KJV)
I put some words of the scripture in bold, intentionally because that’s what I want to focus on this morning. The visions we are given are rarely something that’s going to happen immediately and we must realize this is all happening in God’s timing. He really isn’t concerned about your timetable of events, nor is He concerned about your “biological clock.” He’s all about getting the job done and His glory coming out of it. If it were to be done as we plan, on our timetable, then we would be getting the glory and He’s not having that, so don’t even think about it.
When I was a young girl, I came down to Roxboro, NC on several trips to visit my great-grandparents. I looked forward to the trips because I had fallen in love with North Carolina. During one trip, when I was only 13 years old, I told my cousins Tommy and Stanley that I was going to move to North Carolina when I retire. What does a 13 year old know about retirement?!?! I didn’t know then, but that was a vision God placed inside me. One that I truly didn’t understand until I had actually made that move and Tommy and his brother David were helping me unload the truck at my new apartment in Raleigh 5 years ago.
Once I realized it was the vision being made manifest, I started to see so many other things unfold in my life. God started a greater work in me, a work toward the call He has on my life. It’s been made even more clear since my move to Greensboro. Greater things are happening because I’m getting closer to Him and I’m trusting Him more. It’s all part of His plan and it’s so wonderfully being played out.
I am doing things now, in the Kingdom, I never thought I would be doing and would not be doing had I not made this move. I’d still be back in Maryland doing the same old thing, going nowhere fast. I was stagnant . . . not growing and definitely not producing any fruit. I thank God for vision and movement. From the time of the vision, to the time I made that move to NC, it was 40 years! I just realized something…I guess I was wandering around in the wilderness for 40 years and North Carolina is my Promised Land! Hallelujah!!! Thank you, God!!! Once you receive the vision, make a move to wait on God for the next piece of instruction. It may take a while, but it will be so worth the wait in the long run.
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison
© 2011 Francina Johnson-Jamison