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Changing The Way I Get Ready

How do you get ready for the day?

For me that usually means showering, doing my hair, throwing on a little make-up, (depending on the occasion) putting on jeans and a t-shirt and finding some shoes to wear. Getting ready usually means I’m heading off somewhere so naturally I am going to prepare myself for what the day may hold.

A coat if its cold, rain jacket for rain, keys if I’m driving, money for groceries, gas or anything, boots if I’m riding. You bring a snack if you’ll be out for long, the list goes on…
 That’s natural. That’s what we do.

Assuming you can relate I want to share what God revealed to me about getting ready.

Getting ready does mean, preparing for they day, but God quickly told me vanity and stuff has no importance to really getting ready.

Bear with me while I explain:

Last night I had all sorts of weird dreams…
Some scary, some funny, some just weird.

Waking up every  dream I had that night came flooding to my mind, thinking about them there was an odd sense of familiarity.
Every single one of my mini-dreams related to the previous day:
One was a play off a scene in a movie I had watched
One was relating to a conversation I had with my team
One reminded me of what I observed at the market
And the list goes on…

Wanting to just brush it off I went to make myself some breakfast…

As I was up and moving around a little tidbit of fear came over me because of one of my dreams. Trying to laugh it off, I felt God telling me to sit down and journal,

He had something to tell me.

“… As I continue to think about my dreams and how they relate to yesterday I am realizing that everything I make myself subject to has the ability to affect me. Good, bad or ugly it can latch on. It did latch on.”

So, I need to protect myself, guard myself, and stay safe. But I can’t stay in a bubble, especially here living as a missionary. I am going to see and experience ugly things. I am going to encounter danger, dis-heartening situations, and  darkness.  Knowing this and experiencing what I did last night God spoke clearly to me about getting ready.

Just as I would grab a jacket if it’s cold God desires for my to reach for Him.

God desires desires for all of us to reach for Him.

God wants us to be aware of everything around us and be ready, to stand firm in Him by putting His armor.

“So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep but let us be alert an self-controlled.”
 1 Thessalonians 5:6

This morning God told me to let go and put aside everything from last night, the weirdness, the fear, and get ready for the day by dressing myself and preparing myself through Him.
“The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” Romans 13:12

As I step into my last three months of ministry here in South Africa I feel God urging me to put on His armor, hold is close to my heart and everyday get ready in this way.

 “Finally be strong in the Lord and his mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle in not against flesh and blood… but the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:10-12)

As much as I hate to acknowledge it, as children of God Satan is attacking. He is doing everything he can to latch onto us, slow God down, stop us, make us waver in our faith, lie to us and make us doubt in the power God has and has given us. It’s not just my team, or overseas missionaries,

its every single person who has claimed Jesus as their savior and God as their Father.

One great lie Satan has fought for me to believe is that I don’t have authority. But I do, and so do you, we have authority over our thoughts, our minds our bodies, actions, etc.

So everyday, I will put on the belt of truth, and open my ears to hear the truths God is eager to tell me.

I will secure my breastplate of righteousness, and slip on slip on my sandals with readiness that comes from the power of Jesus, and peace from knowing my God.

I will remind myself of my faith in God and the shield it is to me.  Nothing can stick, cling or capture me because God stands with me helping my hold my shield in place.

I will fit myself with the helmet of salvation I proudly claim, as a daughter of the King.

And everyday I desire to become more familiar with my sword. I will hold it close to my heart and its words will become imprinted on my heart forever.

 
I look to God for the strength to stand firm through out the entire day and to protect me as I sleep.  God has given all a beautiful gift through Jesus. Furthermore, he has equipped us, we just has to accept and put on our equipment.

I fully expect to be impacted and moved by what I see an experience here and throughout my life. But through Gods grace it won’t bring me down and capture me.

 I will be fully protected, safe and secure, dressed for battle, ready to resist and fully submitted to God’s will. 

God desires for all of His children to get ready in this way everyday.

I know the next time I wake up and get ready, I am going to be establishing a new routine, and my prayer is that routine will become my hearts desire and will change the way I live my life.

4 Comments

  3. I cried this morning when I read this. Once again God is so faithful to teach you and lead you into deeper revelation and understanding. This is the very thing God has been reminding me of and the topic of Tom’s message today. Keep listening Baby and keep asking. God is filling you richly and He has so much more. I am so grateful for you and I love you with all my heart! Xoxoxoxoxo

  4. Oh Kacey…so beautiful! The truth is beautiful! He loves us so and revelation is One of His perfect gifts! thank you for sharing ! Love you 🙂

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