As I walk up the steep, stone steps and look behind me at the valley I was convinced I had to make my home in, I am undone at the beauty my eyes behold. A spacious, inviting room adorned with greenery and fresh flowers in every corner- in the middle is the most beautifully set table I have ever seen. As the setting sun spilled in and lit up the room, I see a seat the has my name on it: a spot reserved and set just for me. You come and take my hand to lead me to my seat at your table, seated right next to You. As I look around the room, I don’t feel like a stranger, but I know that I belong here. Everywhere I look has a mountain top view; I had crossed rivers and valleys to get here. I had even convinced myself to give up and settle in a place where there was no life at all- a barren and desolate land. Deep down I knew I wasn’t meant to live there, but fear and disappointment had clouded my vision. Now, as I stand at the mountain top, I can see clearly for the first time in a long time. I know I cannot stay here, but I do not fear the next destination because God has shown me where I was made to live, to thrive, and to build a home.
The bricks I build are made of breakthrough and the ground I lay my foundation on is Truth. The keys I carry are keys of freedom, crafted to unlock and release even the hardest of hearts and invite them into a life of liberty. I was made to carry breakthrough and to help others build their houses on a solid rock of Truth. God trusts me and has commissioned me to be a carrier of breakthrough, He has given me His keys of freedom and the ability to invite others to new life and to show them their seat at His table. Of course the enemy would love for me to wither in a barren land, to shrink back and sit at cubicle, and to live a life of passivity. But that is not who I am. God has made me to be a lover, an inviter, an advocate, a woman of encouragement, passionate, gentle, and strong. He trusts me to help guide His children back home and show them their seat at His table and to commission them into their destinies., with no fear of the journey ahead.
He has filled my cup to overflow- even if I take one sip it still pours out and over, onto my saucer. He has made a cup just for me that is filled with only Him. And I pray God would use me to guide His people home and that they would fill their cups at His table. May we all see that wholeness is a attainable and that God has given us full access to His throne room, to live in His courts forever. And better is one day in His courts than a thousand elsewhere.
“Life is not about the mountain tops, but the walking in between and I want you walking next to me.”
This sums up our time in Kosovo for me- really, you could just call it the country of breakthrough. What I have realized is that God is always for wholeness and it is not just something we dream about or wish for, but something we have access to through the power of Jesus and the gift of salvation through faith. Sometimes we are walking in the valley and sometimes we are sitting on the mountain tops, but there is one thing that always remains the same and that is God. My confidence is found in Him and that makes me unshakeable, no matter the season I am in. He has awakened dreams and more vision in me than ever before, but it came out of a time of struggle. That to me is the brilliance, the richness of knowing Jesus: that in a time of great difficulty, where all you want is to give up He meets you and leads you into greater intimacy than you have ever known.
Thank you Jesus for breakthrough and for dreams stirred and awakened. Thank you Jesus that wholeness is attainable and that you have given us full access. Thank you Jesus.