Anyone who has traveled with children in tow has heard the question at some time....."Are we there yet? The long hours of a car trip can seem endless......no matter how much time you spend on social media or playing car games. Yeah.......are we there yet?
This season of our lives with a pandemic moving like a tsunami into 2022 probably has us saying....Are we there yet? To the end of this craziness.......are we there yet?
Today as I still heal from a virus that acts like Covid but tested negative for Covid, I have found myself weary and discouraged. And today when the wind is blowing, the temperature is dropping, and pandemic and political chaos reigns in our country, the world............I am asking, "Are we there yet? Is the shift coming?
This morning when I started to wallow in the weariness of it all, God brought to my mind a few things He has given me in the past......nothing new for 2022......but words from God going back over four years.
In August 2017 we went to Bethel Church in Redding CA for 10 days. It was not a conference, or an event, just the two of us stepping into a world we had only experienced from our living room. And while we were there God blessed us greatly. He also spoke to us through the prophetic words of two people whom we had never met before, but who shared their gift with others in a structured, prayerful way. For ten minutes or more they spoke over us and were spot on with what they were saying and they also gave us words for the future. One person said, "I see you on your hands and knees moving forward. It is a time of humbling for you. You have always been strong and independent, relying on yourselves and your abilities and you have a great foundation under you. But you will need to humble yourselves and depend on God alone. He will eventually pick you up and you will leave this season behind but during this time, remember the joy of the Lord is your strength. It was not what we wanted to hear, but it was only a year later that I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and the journey has been one we could not do alone ever since.
A few months after this prophetic word, I had a vivid dream one night where Jesus said to me, "I am giving you a new car:. I replied "I don't want a new car. We love our car." He said firmly, "I am giving you a new car". He walked over to the car in my dream and I said, "It looks just like the old car!" He opened the backseat for me to get it, and then he climbed in behind the wheel and said, "Let Me drive"........
Today I find myself asking Jesus..........."Are we there yet?" When is this humbling journey coming to an end? As I look around our country I ask "Are we there yet?" If you are driving Jesus, are we there yet?
So what do we do, when we are NOT there yet. When a pandemic continues to cover us like a tsunami. When life knocks us around. What do we do as we sit in the backseat of the car...........We rest.
God has been highlighting the word rest for me this whole week. Rest has always been a four letter word that I deeply dislike, basically because I spent so many years sofa bound with Lyme Disease. But God's word tells us to come to him and rest....and within the word rest are so many other words we need to embrace. I heard yesterday a teaching that stated that rest is relational. It is really about being in the Presence of God. Where we trust..............praise........... worship...........have peace........... receive God's love...........and it is in resting that we let Jesus drive the car.
So on this cold, windy 6th day of January 2022, if you are feeling weary and not feeling the "Yeah, this is a new year" Whoohoo", I suggest you rest. It is okay to not be okay, and it is okay to be okay. Just rest in His Presence. Receive. Trust. Praise Him. And let Jesus drive the car.
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