Move of Spirit

Want to move into something better – a better job, house, or relationship with Jesus? Prepare by packing up the past and going after your destiny. God rewards pursuit! 

In the early 1990s, I was preparing to leave on a mission trip to New Orleans. My wife dropped me off at the house of Pastor James “I feel God” Brown, a friend. When he came to the door, he hugged me and invited me in saying, “Please excuse our mess. My wife’s done lost her mind.” 

I was seriously wondering what he was talking about until I saw the mess. Inside the house, everything was packed into boxes, ready for a big move. I’m talking everything – there were boxes from one end of the house to the other. “Where are you moving to?” I asked.

“We don’t know,” Pastor Brown said. “My wife has been praying for a new house in a better neighborhood, and last week, she got a word that it was all about to happen. So this week, she packed it all up and said, ‘God has a new house for me.’” 

We both busted out laughing and began making proclamations for a better home in a nicer area of town. That was the last time I ever went to that house because not long after, her big upgrade came. God answered her prayer. I don’t know many people who would pack up before they knew where they were going, but Mrs. Brown did, and you know what? God loves that. 

God loves it when you pursue Him. He loves it when you pursue upgrade and believe that His promises are real for you today. Are you in need of an upgrade? Ask. Pray. Pursue.