A Faith-Filled, Prophetic Word of Encouragement
April 25, 2022
By Crystal G.H. Lowery
Reference: A Precious Promise from Proverbs 3:6
“Become intimate with him in WHATEVER you do, and he will lead you WHEREVER you go.” (Proverbs 3:6 TPT, Caps mine)
Recently, I received a concentrated number of messages from friends that had a similar theme. It seems that many people I know were feeling very overwhelmed, feeling anxious, pressured, as well as physically and mentally tired. I looked at my life and where I am now on my journey and, similarly, I am facing a major decision that I must make in less than a year.
One thing that I have learned along the way is that whenever I start to feel pressure, anxiety, or even fear because of a single circumstance, situations piling up, or the overwhelming pressure to make the right decision, I have ventured out of FAITH. I have walked beyond DWELLING in the secret place (Psalm 91:1). I have tried to DO it in my own strength instead of relying on HIS strength.
Pressure…anxiety…fear…all are indications that we have walked beyond where we need to be, even if it wasn’t intentional. Nevertheless, we didn’t get pulled against our will. We willingly walked…step by step by step. We are in control of our own feet. And each step takes us somewhere new that God has planned for us OR each step takes us away from the journey marked out and created for us by God.
When we have stepped out of PEACE (a/k/a the Secret Place, Psalm 91:1), we need to step back into our DWELLING place. We can do that by meditating on the WORD (Jesus Himself)! There are PRECIOUS PROMISES that are in the Word of God for us for whatever situation we are facing. We have to KNOW the promise exists. Then we have to BELIEVE it. We have to have FAITH in the TRUTH of the WORD of God. Lastly, we have to TAKE the promise for ourself and our family!
Proverbs 3:6 contains one such precious promise that is so relevant for times we are feeling anxiety, fear, and pressure. It doesn’t just cover one specific situation. It transcends one and applies to ALL we do and everywhere we go!
“Become intimate with him in WHATEVER you do, and he will lead you WHEREVER you go.” (Proverbs 3:6 TPT, caps mine). WHATEVER WHENEVER! What an all encompassing set of circumstances!
In WHATEVER you do…in your family…in your work…in your personal relationships…in your finances…in your dreams…in your thoughts…in your health…
BECOME INTIMATE with HIM!!!
We must have a RELATIONSHIP with JESUS in WHATEVER we do! We must KNOW HIM (not just about Him), we must LISTEN to HIM, we must HEAR HIM, we must TALK to HIM, we must WALK with HIM, we must SING with HIM, we must SPEND TIME with HIM…in WHATEVER we do…which is EVERYTHING. Whatever is all inclusive.
Whatever includes getting dressed in the morning to brushing your teeth to washing your dishes to paying your bills. Whatever includes where you go on vacation to what job you take. Whatever includes your phone calls and conversations and all your thoughts that no one else hears.
When we BECOME INTIMATE…we BE COME like HIM! Our relationship with him is so active and involved, we become HIS BRIDE because we are the Bride of Christ.
Have you ever seen people that have been together for so long that they look like each other!?! Or…people who look like their dogs. There is a TV commercial now for an insurance company where each person looks like their dog. These are examples of RELATIONSHIP. They become what they behold.
This is why Proverbs tells us that in WHATEVER we do to BECOME INTIMATE with HIM. The result is that we will BE JESUS in ALL these things.
The second part of the verse says that “…and he will lead you WHEREVER you go.” (Proverbs 3:6 TPT, caps mine) The word “AND” is a conjunction. It links or joins two words or phases together. So in WHATEVER….WHEREVER. These two are linked or conjoined. When we BE-COME INTIMATE with HIM in WHATEVER, we can be sure HE will LEAD us WHEREVER we go.
The KEY to WHATEVER AND WHEREVER is INTIMACY with HIM. We are back to JESUS!
In every circumstance, situation, decision of life, WALKING WITH JESUS, side by side, face to face, BECOMING INTIMATE with HIM, being the BRIDE that HE has destined us to be, will ensure all our WHATEVERS AND WHEREVERS to be at the the right place and at the right time. We can’t help but be there because we are WITH JESUS and HE is ALWAYS at the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT TIME. He created TIME and SPACE and He is above all of that. So, we can be too.
IF…we BE-COME INTIMATE with HIM, we will be victorious….in WHATEVER WHEREVER! Based On Faith.
Crystal G.H. Lowery, Esq is a Christian Estate Planning Attorney and is the owner and founding attorney of Law Office Of Crystal G.H. Lowery, LLC. Based on Faith is an organization whose vision is to become an international resource that increases biblical knowledge of faith within the Body of Christ through comprehensive teaching, discussion of law, and the prophetic.
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