I AM IN-BETWEEN!

By Brenda Arinda

TORN BUT TRUSTING /GODS’ GAT YOU IN-BETWEEN BY STEVEN FURTICK

SONG: YOU KNOW MY NAME TASHA COBBS LEONARD

Reference Bible verses; Genesis 32: 21 – 32 33:1-4, Romans 8: 28 Hebrews 11:21

Jacob wrestled first with his brother Esau and then with the Angel of God. Below is my why and how this sermon is lately on my replay list. I am constantly reminded of its impact. Each time I listen to it, I learn something new. So I pray that this speaks to someone who is going through an in-between season in their lives.

I resonated with this sermon because of the changes I am currently going through. I currently feel torn (more like in-between seasons) while doing life. God’s word makes me think and focus on Him instead of complaining and waiting for this phase of life to pass. What is happening while I wait for God’s promises? – this got me!

God’s Blessings also come in the waiting, in the in-between season. I have been asking God if I can get through this season of challenges, work, being away from family. My prayer before listening to this sermon has always been, “Lord let me skip this phase, prepare me for the time after my work here (in Soroti)” I honestly assumed that the good parts are out there and not here, but God is reminding me to also focus on what’s happening while I am here in this moment. As I wait, I need to stop living a life of only getting to the good side but focus instead on how I am getting through to get there.

The devil is waiting to destruct me in this waiting time. Today, there is so much destruction, and unregulated time spent on social media, technology etc, I need to be very intentional and keen to keep listening and learning God’s word. In the waiting, that’s when all these destructions start happening. A little humor here, but it hit hard to imagine if Moses had social media during that time, he probably would have missed the message at the burning bush.

I prayed and asked God for this job and when God blessed me with it, with this new opportunity (my focus has now changed) to work upcountry, I was torn between two choices; do I go grow this career ladder and the benefits it comes with, or do I turn down this opportunity that I look at as an answered prayer. I was basically held in between a rock and a hard place – it felt like my hip was being dislocated. In Genesis 32;25-26, the angel touched the socket of Jacob’s hip but Jacob held on so tight and asked for his blessing. Guess what? God blessed him there in the in-between. That is why I choose to believe that there are blessings for me right here in my in-between.

“All things work together for good to them that love (and trust) the Lord” (Romans 8:28). Therefore, we need to always remember that the in-between place is the blessed place. I choose to focus on my in-between.

The angel said “let go” but Jacob was not sure which side to let go of (mine was either kissing my boys every morning or kissing them through the phone as I work so far from them). Make that choice and LET GO, BUT LET GOD! It will work out for your good!

Reminder- God blessed Jacob, during dawn- on his way to their destination – God blessed him there (where is your in-between season?). “Right there is where God touched his tendon- Jacob could still walk but he was now going to walk differently,” says Pastor Steven. Woooooooooo maahn this sermon got me!

This was a real reminder of how I have been torn by life’s challenges. God brought me to this place and He is holding onto me until He blesses me. I receive it! My calling and my inheritance. Jacob, at the end of his life, blessed his sons and grandsons as the Israel generation. May I also leave this place having blessed the lives of those that cross my path. It’s not over for me!

I want to constantly be reminded that I am in the in-between season of my life and that I am going to get there, even if I am limping in this area of my life that I am going through. We are all limping somewhere in this life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I lean on you today and by Faith, as Jacob did, I do. I know these seasons in my life are just the in-between moments to my destiny, but while I am here, teach me to learn to trust you more, teach me to lean on your word to get me through this in-between. May I be a blessing to those that cross my path and may the mark stay in my life to always remember and to testify that it has always been you, that it’s you that got me through. AMEN.

Here is the link to the sermon