the Nod of God

..interesting title huh?! well for the past week, I have been inspired to read Jentzen Franklin's book "Right People, Right Place, Right Plan." May I say, I am now on chapter 5 part II && it's a pretty remarkable book. && it takes a grand book to keep my attention! BUT there's a reason for this certain post. For the past 3 weeks, I have been praying for certain areas of my life & those around me. This week was targeted on me & my future. So as I jumped into the book, several statements really stuck out to me.
Beginning with 1 Corinthians 14:33 "God is not the author of confusion." Yeah this hit me in the face! Many times I have been reminded of this by a close friend && every time he mentioned it, it was in a time of deep confusion & frustration for me. He had no idea what I was going thru but God knew exactly what I needed to be reminded time & time again. So seeing this on the first page about blew my mind.
As i read on, I came across Peter 3:4 "Rather it be in the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle & quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God." Your success depends not on being led by your mind, emotions or flesh but by your spirit. You will get no where in life depending on self but by inner self ( spirit).
If you dont have rest in your spirit, don't make a decision rather to do it or not. A lack of divine rest in your spirit is usually God's way of saying NO! Usually there is a time of divine misery before there is a divine change!
The thing that has stuck out most to me was this, " If you persist without the nod of God, He may let you have it___Literally!" It's frightening to think that there could be a time when we keep on stubbornly persisting about something that does not have the approval from God. && then When He finally just hands it to you, it leads down a painful road. The problem is, we don't spend enough time with God to realize when He speaks. Then we race ahead instead of being led. The flesh thrives on noise & the spirit thrives on stillness. (Psalm 46:10) we must have that silent time... solitude!
I know that this post has been very random but it's just things that have impacted my heart. Things "I" must work on in order to gain discernment && know when it's GOD speaking to me.
Ending statement : " If it's God's will, then it's God's bill. Where He guides, He also Provides!

love kc