Tarrying in Dormancy

As we journey into a new year, many of you are wondering, “What’s in store for my life?” and “What is God doing during these highly unusual times?” Here’s a word to offer perspective and hope. As you read this, you will get the fullest encouragement remembering that tarry means “to wait or abide in a place; to linger in expectation.”   “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5   Many plants have to go into dormancy depending on the season and their growth slows. Just so He showed me that many of us are in a dormancy period. We aren’t spiritually dead. We did nothing wrong. He did not pass over us to bless someone else. He said that we can’t always be bearing massive amount of fruit and that there was an ebb and flow of fruit bearing. The flowers will come back again. This is a time of tarrying.   He said for now, it’s important to do what is before us daily and to live in the now rather than tomorrow. The most powerful thing we can do is to focus on today even if it seems so very prosaic. No matter how hard we try, we can’t make the prophesied glories of the future happen today. Incredible glories of His presence await us as an absolute certainty! No amount of wishing and praying can speed that up no matter how badly we want that. A better way to embrace what appears to be a predicament is to relax and tarry with no worries.   We’ve been through a lot of pain and angst and the balance of justice will soon tip in our favor. More favor is coming and that is an absolute certainty. It’s important to grasp that reality in faith even if we don’t see it today.   Live in faith for a glorious future of the great move of His Spirit and live in faith today by embracing what you have set before you now. Today is where life is.   What He is saying is that where we are at now is normal. Dormancy is normal. For plants, when they go into dormancy, they are building up their strength preparing for Spring. We are being built up in our spirits being prepared to contain an incredible season of fruit bearing that we have ever seen in our lives.   Tarry before Him in intimate interaction and openness. Drink of His presence daily even in the simplest everyday things. Invite Him to participate in everything you do. Invite Him to observe and give Him permission to go deep and to help your unbelief and to do deep inner healing.   “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Now remain in My love.” John 15:7-9