Psalm 37:3-4 "Trust in the Lord and do what is good;
dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires."
At the start of 2021, in the middle of the second lockdown, I jumped on a prophetic encouragement call on Zoom to receive some input from the people praying for me on the call. One of the things that stood out was a word about the Lord wanting me to start dreaming about our dream house. Of course that's what everyone wants to hear, but rather than shrugging it off, I began to do just that.
Over the course of the next couple years I would return to this idea and spend some time prayerfully journaling thoughts and ideas, as well as talking it through with Ruth as we refined all the pieces that we'd want — either for a rural setup or something based in the city. These thoughts and ideas began to take shape and be refined through this process.
As we returned from a family sabbatical in spring 2022, we began to feel like our time in our current home was coming to a close and we'd be moving sooner than later. One year later, we made the decision to sell our flat and start looking for a new home.
We wrestled with the Lord over His desires vs our desires for our next home — wondering if this was the moment to aim for this 'dream house' or if it was for another time. After much prayer and other prophetic words encouraging us toward our dream house option, we stepped out in faith and started to look more specifically for options that felt way out of our price range but matched up more specifically with what we had been refining in our hearts.
Having determined that we weren't yet ready to leave the city, we narrowed down our search and miraculously got approved for mortgages well beyond what we thought we'd be approved for — allowing us to more seriously contend for options that fit these dreams. How God led us through this process is worthy of another, much longer blog post, but in the end, it was a total miracle that we had an offer accepted on a house that hit about 95% of everything on the dream list — including some of the key elements that were on the kids list as well! Amazing!
My heart in sharing this is not to say that if we take delight in the Lord and follow Him that He will give us everything we think we want — but rather that He promises to put His desires for us in our hearts and as we follow Him, He is faithful to lead us into situations where He fulfils the desires that He puts in our hearts. How incredible is that?!
God spoke to us to start thinking about our future home. We prayerfully considered what we wanted and refined it over years and then He came through and put us in a position to then step into the fulfilment of what was on His heart all along!
Todd Weller
Re:Hope Southside
As you continue through this season of prayerfully seeking God — ask Him to birth His desires in your heart. In faithful, bold obedience, follow Him, delight in Him and let Him lead you into all that He desires for you. Amen!
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