Today is a day of testing for me.  I’m completing two main assignments which man would call stressful.  The most time consuming one is a school district I’m working with today in the central part of our state.  It has some major issues needing addressed.  So, I’m leaving in a short while to spend most of the day with them.  Tonight is the meeting with our Aslan board and another board about possibly partnering in the work of Aslan–taking girls out of the sex-trafficked market and providing them a safe haven and completing their education.  This meeting has had red flags from the start for half of the Aslan board and has had nothing but green lights from the other three on it–thus the stress of walking into the meeting and heading it.

I awoke early today, 4:30 am.  I knew there would be no more sleep and God was wanting to visit.  The message I needed to get clear in my head for all of today is that I don’t go into any of today as a beggar.  I am a believer.  He wanted me to envision what today would look like with me taking my eyes off of the people involved in each part of the day and to see Him in the midst of the day instead.  He also informed me that what I see as big and stressful, He sees as just a task of man.  Man’s nature dealing with another man’s nature is what makes all of these issues tough.  When man takes his eyes off of his selfish intent and looks at what God’s Light is showing, all the stresses disappear.  Instead, we see what God is creating.

It was amazing to awaken at 4:30 feeling the stress of the day and starting to sense the anxiety of addressing them.  Now, a couple hours later, I am eager to walk into both events and watch what God’s Light will expose.  I can do this because I won’t be coming into them as a beggar, but as a believer in the One True God who already has His answer in place waiting for us to grasp it and go to work.  I like working for Him!