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When You’re There

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.  (Joshua‬ ‭1:8‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

This statement from God to Joshua is part of the larger task placed on him. After forty years of waiting on the Promised Land, God told Joshua to lead the Israelites in. I’ve waited on promises before. Sometimes it seems like I’m never going to reach whatever “promised land” God has spoken over me. But then I do. And it’s exhilarating and terrifying all at once. That’s where I am now.

God put me on this journey of writing, and I was unsteady and unsure. Most days, I still am. But I see how it is changing me. I feel the eagerness and expectation of something more than just simply loving well. God is pushing me into the deep end, and I can’t wait.

Over a year ago, I received a word from the Lord that I felt would eventually be a spoken word. After leaning in to Jesus and pressing through the message, I know that the time has come for me to share this spoken word as God gave it to me. I’m excited and so nervous to have my first speaking engagement. The flesh creeps in and wonders if I will say enough. My mind then questions if I will say too much. In all of it, I recognize, like Joshua, that I am about to step into a new promise. 

This writing journey has certainly been bigger than I

ever anticipated. Now, as I plunge into the next element of the ministry laid upon my heart, I look back at how God has shaped me for this moment. God’s timing is so perfect, and I get to look back and see how every moment has been orchestrated to bring me to the doorstep of the next part. I know this isn’t the end of what He’s calling me to. There will be another promised land on the other side of this one. Because, as a child of God, His promises for me are never ending. He doesn’t decide that I’m finished and can’t do any more. He keeps pushing me deeper into His plan and purpose. I have to let Him because I crave His will for my life.

What does your promised land look like? What was it five years ago? God is orchestrating the events in your life, friend. There is an end goal He wants to bring you to. And when you’re there, He will take you further. Are you ready to enter?

© Jill Cook and Unbroken & Undone Ministries.  All rights reserved.

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