Home Sweet Home

Charm. That's what I wanted in a house. Oh, and I want it to be in good living condition. Before our last storm hit we had the opportunity to do some home shopping and the Lord provided the perfect home for our family and for his purpose for us. Its charming and in great condition. There was one problem though, they needed to sell about 2 months before we were planning to buy... well we decided that the Lord had given us a go on a very early purchase and we are awaiting our close date.
Now we were buying a house early and not sure why. In a week's time we learned that my husband's previously denied request for a residency transfer was now approved and that we would need to move at the exact time we will be purchasing the home! Wow! Two changes only the Lord saw coming.
So, we now await a home and a transfer. What about purpose for the home and purpose for the time? I cannot say its all figured out yet. I trust that the Lord will reveal things to us at the right time. Too soon and we may not hold on to it, too late and we may have another direction that we've committed to go. One thing is certain, he has a purpose for us and he wants us to know what it is!
Something he has been showing me is that my best laid plans are not always the way he will lead me to go. Even in the planning of who goes where and what goes there and when that project gets done! He is my delight and I want to obey because I know that he desires my obedience much more than my sacrifice.

Are you offering something to God out of sacrifice that he has not required of you, but withholding obedience to him in another area of your life? Give it a few minutes and let the Lord decide the answer to this one.