Challenge

This particular advance has been quite the challenge. Throughout this advance Yahweh has been speaking to me about one singular thing: conflict or perhaps in another word, confrontation. It's not something to dread or to fear but rather something inevitable that comes when one chooses to follow the path Yahweh has laid out for that person.

I found that the closer I became to Messiah Yeshua the more I found myself in situations that require my total absolute surrender in order not just to go through it but to come out at the head and not the tail. And this has become ever so frequent that now it's no longer a matter of 'if' but 'when' it happens for me. I found my perspective beginning to change yet again, that as the closer I walk to the Lord Yeshua the more I must learn to surrender and submit to His guiding hand wherever He takes me to.

During this advance, I've had plenty of conflicts and confrontations but in the end I praise Yahweh that once more and above all He has brought me through each and every single challenge throughout my time in the advance. And I know, I simply know that this is mere preparation for what is to come during our next mission trip to the city of the great King. Needless to say that though I'm far from attaining to the perfection I seek in Messiah, He is making me attain to it in ways I had not seen nor understood.

During this advance, I spent less time mingling with the people in order to prepare myself spirit, soul, and body for what is to come not just for the next trip to the Holy Land but also for each and every single day ahead as well. I see pivotal moments ahead of me and surely by Yeshua's grace and mercy I shall walk in them and come out a changed person one way or another.

For the duration of this advance, I've had my share of ups and downs. However I found that all the roads in the end lead upwards for me as it is but a stepping stone, a learning curve for greater things and greater enjoyment. I found that I enjoyed the times where I became frustrated, showed my weakness, became unable to do anything about my situations. Because then, Yeshua begins to move by His Spirit; then, I begin to believe and see the glory of Elohim. Then I begin to see His strength and power manifest in the things I myself become unable to perform and do. For such a reason I now welcome challenges, more so now than before because I know that the more I become unable, the more He is able to enable me.

This prayer advance was really my pleasure. I found that the blessings of Yahweh are manifold and always return never the same measure but always exceedingly, abundantly, and at the bare minimum to the maximum; double and a hundredfold. The more I enclosed myself with Elohim, the more I found favour with Him and then the favour of man began to flow. Not that I was seeking such favour from man but because I sought the kingdom of Elohim and His righteousness, everything began to be added unto my bosom. I am glad in the house of Yahweh, even though I may experience rough seas during my service to Him, He sees me through it all and leaves a blessing behind Him for me. All the more I should pursue Him, no?

Really with all my heart, praise Yahweh for bringing me thus far. Amen.

-Monday, 3rd September 2018, 2 years 11 months 27 days

Also, success is measured by millimetres. Hallelujah!

-0623