So one of my
a b s o l u t e f a v o r i t e
parts of the C3 Internship is that we, individually, get the opportunity to give a 5 minute message to our intern class!
I am up this week and I have been praying that God would put something on my heart & I am so excited to fully develop this message.
I have been doing a Ruth devotional and one verse/idea in the devo stuck out and I felt that it is a major word-in-season for the intern class!
Here it goes:
“Boaz
went over and said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Stay right here with us when
you gather grain; don’t go to any other fields. Stay right behind the young
women working in my field. See which part of the field they are harvesting, and
then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And
when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the
well.” Ruth 2:8-9 NLT
God
has placed us in our own fields.
Some different from the next- connect, youth, financial, creative, kidz, missions, etc. and they all yield different crops.
God placed us in these fields next to specific leaders,
to observe which part of the field they are harvesting, follow them & be trained up.
It
is not the easiest job at times because it
may not be the ‘part of the church body’ we would have chosen or the task we would
have asked for but there is a reason God placed us here.
Like in the verse, Boaz told Ruth that if she stayed only in his field, she would have protection and provision- this is the same with God. If we are faithful to the field He has called us to, there is abundant protection and provision for us!!
“Test
yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking
everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand
evidence, not mere hearsay that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you
fail the test, do something about it.”
2
Corinthians 13:5-7 MSG
“All
around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain
throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within
us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth
pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full
deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting
diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course,
don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become,
and the more joyful our expectancy.”
Romans
8:22-25 MSG
We all have dreams and desires waiting to be birthed. Some in the beginning stages of development, others full-term. Some of us have huge dreams/destiny/vision that we haven't even seen yet.
God desires us to have dreams and vision and desires in our life. Something to work towards!
When we have a destination, that means there is a journey TO that destination that needs to take place. It tends to be easy to get caught up in the "birthing" of that dream or vision instead of taking one day at a time and appreciating the journey and self-development for how it is changing us & molding us.
We need the journey. Without the journey, without the development, we aren't the person God wants to grow us into to be able to handle stepping into the actual dream/vision.
We are called to be faithful to the field we were chosen to tend to. Through trial, perseverance, breakthrough & times of rejoicing, we are being molded into the person who will be capable of handling our dreams and desires in its fullness.
Even though we may not realize it, we ARE being refined & sculpted in the inner most parts of our being.
We just need to stay faithful and expectant in our field that will harvest dreams.