WHEN PEACE PASSES UNDERSTANDING

(JAMI:)

This week at Victory Christian Center (our home church), an amazing week-long conference is happening called, "Word Explosion 2012". 

Just wanted to share a quick clip of the worship from tonight's service: 

WHEN PEACE PASSES UNDERSTANDING

Hey everyone, this just came back to my mind and I wanted to share it! We have felt a lot like Sarah & Abraham moving here to Tulsa. When we came to visit Andrew's Bible school back in May, our experience wasn't quite what we has expected. We came praying that God would show us if this what the right decision for our lives to be moving here. 

When we came to visit, it wasn't hype or some wonderful emotion that we experienced that caused us to say, "This is the place! This is it!" right away. We were thinking, "Hmm, it was ok." It just wasn't what we thought it would be. We didn't have the greatest experience to be honest. Don't get me wrong, the classes seemed good, the worship was good and it seemed like a nice place, but we didn't FEEL or SEE anything that convinced us this was IT. 

When we got into our car to leave after the weekend was over, we talked to God and each other about it and we felt this was, in fact, the place where He wanted us! We just couldn't shake it, it was so odd because we didn't FEEL it, but we knew it in our hearts! He was testing us and showing us how to walk by faith and not by sight. See, we didn't want (and God didn't want us) to be led just by our emotions on making a big decision like this. Sometimes we look for some great experience or a hyped up feeling and we let that be the deciding factor in our decision making! We didn't look to our emotions and feelings, we sought the Lord on it!

It was definitely a test of our faith but once we got here, we have loved every minute of this journey so far. God has positioned us at the right church, with the right friends, the right apartment, the right jobs and so on... If we would have judged from our feelings just that ONE day we came to visit the school, we would have missed all of these blessings God wanted to do in our life and the new glory He is taking us to. 

Everything here is amazing! This place is incredible and thank God we didn't go by our feelings in seeking to follow the Lord. 

What things are you trying to figure out in your life right now? Don't be led only by emotion, but be led by the Spirit of God who dwells richly inside of your hearts. Don't seek a feeling only or seek the things that just make you feel good and entertained at the moment... You could miss the greatest journey that God has. I'm so glad we sought God and had that knowing in our hearts. There was a great peace that really did PASS ALL OF OUR UNDERSTANDING. We didn't understand with our minds why this would be the place, but God's peace passed all of that and HE DID DIRECT OUR PATH! 

So here we are, feeling like Abraham and Sarah... going to a new place we really had no idea about, or how things would go until we arrived. Before coming here we had never even went to Victory Church, but we knew God directed us to Victory. How cool, right? We didn't know all what we would do or how it would be, but we came and obeyed God in His leading. He is faithful! 

PROVERBS 3:5&6

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

Have a great week,

Jami