The Answerer

"Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you and pray to the Lord on their behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
-Jeremiah 29:11

How strangely wonderful is it that His word is Living Word! I don't know how many times in my life I've read over or at very lease scanned the above verse, yet never has it spoken to me sooo loud as it has in this season of my life.

I am moving to New York by divine appointment. At first I resisted, but since I have turned and said YES LORD my heart has changed (much like my heart has changed for Israel via another God-said I at first resisted). That said, I LOVE NEW YORK. I love the people. I love the dirt they stand on! And since I've said yes, I've been seeking preparation to go. I let my Nashville lease expire, sold much, and boxed and stored the rest. I then set about asking God to be highlighted to the vital connections He sought to bring me in connection with...what a prayer! What an answer! Moreover, what an Answerer!

I have set along my merry way telling God I will say yes to anything He's asked anyone where they have said no. Hahahaa He liked that idea and has furthermore set along His merry way guiding me in the way above and beyond a singular place, great or small, to say point B is not as I thought. And yet, it is. It is New York. However, it is not contained by New York. As New York, He's showing me is both (a) desitination and (the) journey. Wow, God, wow!

This is what I'm trying to get out...He's giving me not only the wisdom of WHAT but the HOW-TO, or in my case, the WHO-TO. :) Since the time I've said Yes to NY I've further cultivated existing NY relationships, gained new ones, gained Haiti, Israel, India, Mozambique, and Uganda connections. There too are other parts of the world He's reminding me I have existing connections that will come into play at somepoint, soon or not. Though NY has yet to materialize, I see His hand a work in a mightier way than I could've imagined.

The world suggests we aim (strive) for the stars and even if (we miss and) land on the moon (it's OK), but The Answerer suggests life can be different saying "seek, first, the kingdom of God and His righteousness, then ALL these (other) things will be added to you." Matthew 6:33

All I did was answer YES to the Answerer and HE, in turn, has answered YES to me. Let my account encourage you, say YES!

I have found my welfare.