Hearing from God, that small quiet voice, and then trying as hard as you can to complete His calling is absolutely different than trying with all your might to accomplish what you think you should be doing to impress, please or sufficiently appease Him.  Waiting upon God requires Faith, faith built upon trust in Him, even if it means risking/accepting that He will not show up.  Being a slave is an honor, when it means that you are the beloved slave of the King of the Universe and joint heir to His throne.  But being a slave, even voluntarily means that you, as the property of a King, do not get to make the decisions in your own life. Yes, we must exercise discernment when beginning phases of His plan, but that discernment is always married to rightly determining, interpreting and following His Word confirmation against His Word.  As a slave to the Righteous King I do not fire, then ready then aim, then consider the impacts or justification of those actions.  If I am truly walking in God’s Will then I need not doubt or ponder the “righteousness” of my behavior, for that will already have been clearly established.  The process must follow, listening for God’s direction, then searching His Word to determine the appropriate path to take when fulfilling that command.  When acting upon God’s direction, you will by nature always be doing the Right Thing and that Right Thing will never contradict God’s Word.  If there is a mismatch then you should stop until such time the Word and deed agree.

Don’t be led astray.  Remember the enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy.  That is he wishes to steal your joy and the benefits/rewards of your works done for God’s Kingdom, he seeks to kill your initiative and take or coerce you take your own life and he wishes to destroy every grace that God has given you, including the intimate relationship you have with God.  You must be on guard for those opportunities to remain on the path of righteousness.  Don’t venture from the path even one millionth of one degree for over time you will be led far astray from God’s intentions.  Follow God, keep Him in your vision at all times, do not pay heed to the sirens calling you to lose your way in the chaos that this world “must” face.  Fear, is a wonderful tool to indicate when deception is present.  When you experience inordinate fear this should immediately raise alerts within your head and heart for God did not give us the spirit of fear.  So, if fear is present you may be certain that the enemy is close attempting to influence your footsteps.

Turn to God and speak His Word and the enemy will flee and the deceptive fear diminish or dissolve.  This will leave the discerned path ahead clear to peacefully follow righteousness even in the midst of battle. Holy Father, in the coming days we know as Your Word predicts it will become increasingly more difficult to maintain our footing as the pressure to run, hide or seek shelter mounts.  Let us only seek shelter under the shadow of Your Wings.  Let us keep faith and never waver, standing firmly, with courage, knowing that YOU Fight for us.  Let us not be shaken, even when the ground beneath our feet shifts or even when it disintegrates for You are the Rock of our Salvation and You never change.  This world is facing coming judgment, whether it will admit that fact is simply irrelevant.  For Your Word is Truth.  Let us maintain a gaze upon Your Face that never wavers even momentarily, especially when we face our worst nightmares.  You have said that You will never leave us and that no one may pluck us from Your Hand and in that knowledge, Faith, Hope and Trust we stand untouched by calamity.  Praise You Lord Jesus our King.  Come soon, Amen.