Through everything in David's life, God kept David close to His heart, He gave David the tools of worship so that no matter where he was pushed by life, he would remain close to the Father. Although we don't understand we can trust in God. God is not lazy or forgetful or uninterested in your life. He has not just one, but both of His hands on your life! 

God is keeping us near to the promise even if He takes us away from the parts of the promise we understand, He always keeps us near to His heart.

Sometimes we think we need to be pure and perfect before we come to God but God will intervene for us even at our worst. All of us have a little of Saul and a little of Paul in us, we have that tension, that push and pull in us. You might feel blind right now but keep following. You don't need to know where God is going in order to follow. 

Are we going to bow to the Lord or are we going to continue to be blind? We need to stop pushing in our flesh and start being pulled by the Spirit.

What makes us the people for the job? God has designed us to be passionate, and in that passion He reveals His heart to each one of us. 

And in this season God is inviting us to believe that even in between the push and the pulls of the season, we are capable of the things that He is calling us to do.

Are we owned by the Presence or by our pasts? 

Jesus meets with you in your today! Sometimes we don't expect much because we don't think we have much. 

Have I let myself be affected by the season, and where are my additions? What am I displaying this season? Jesus came to heal our expectations and our understandings. The belonging and the challenge of Jesus go hand in hand. 

Are we displaying that we have enough in Him?

God is asking us to show our ID and say “I belong.” And He is calling us not only to have faith, but to grow in understanding of who we are in Him.

To put on the armour of God and to walk in the identity that He has given us. 

In this new season, are we dressed for the occasion? Are we wearing the full armour of God?

Jesus had come from a context of being baptized and confirmed as God's son, then going through the desert and the temptations, and then He came straight back to the temple. He approached and confronted first the religious elite, and challenged them by breaking their traditions to bring the Truth. 

What is Jesus challenging in us in this season? We are not identified by the season and situations that we are living. We are identified as being found in Him. 

Every part of us that is not aligned with Jesus needs to come into line with who He is. It's time to show your ID.

Noah worked by faith. He didn't respond to what he knew or saw in the land around him. He responded to what God said with faith. When God asks  us to build our arks we need to take action and see the task through. 

Your faith matters. How are you choosing to respond to God's promptings?

In a world where we are constantly being bombarded by information, God is bringing His revelation. Our faith needs to be in movement. Maybe we have parked our cars, our faith, in a certain place without even trying to get closer to our goals. Jesus wants our hearts to be ready and expectant for the things He is bringing. 

In what areas have you parked your faith in this season? And where is God asking you to  keep moving?

Mark 3:1-5 Jesus is walking into our lives, coming close like He always does. 

What  are we going to do when Jesus asks us to come close to Him, when He asks  us to stretch out the areas and parts of our lives that have become  shriveled and dried out?