Dig your heels in!

There's a topic that's stirring in my heart today, and thinking about it now, it actually has been simmering in my heart all week. It's in regards to digging our heels in...let me explain.

Have you ever been to the beach and played in the waves? As you stand there, the wave comes rushing over you and as it makes it's way back to the ocean, if you dig your heels in, it almost feels as if you are moving, even though are completely still.

We just got back from a week at the beach, what a great time we had! Kate amazed even her own self with how well she did on a body board and Lily, well... Our first day at the beach was late in the afternoon and she was tired. As we were leaving she began to melt down over the sand that was all over her. She declared "I love the beach, I just hate the sand!" Ooookkkk.

Thankfully day 2 was much more enjoyable for her though, as we all played in the waves together. I held her hand as the waves crashed over us and she would yell, "Lily's in the lead" if a wave didn't cause her to fall. She would taunt each wave as it formed, warning it that 'you mr. wave are clearly no match for Lily.' Until she would see a huge wave begin to form, she would change her confession to "Lily might not be in the lead, dun, dun, dunnnnn!"

If the "hinormous" wave made her fall, she would tell the world that Lily was currently in 2nd place, then she would get back up and prepare to take back her role in the lead as she stood the test of waver after wave, digging her heels in. This continued over and over and over. She would be in the lead, get knocked down, get back up and declare yet again her lead position. She just kept getting back up...

There was no option of retreat for Lily. In fact, she would still be there playing the same exact game if her perfect world existed! Quitting was not on the table, no matter how much water she ingested from being knocked down. The size of the wave was no mach for her tenacious spirit. Retreat? Heck no. She took back the lead every.single.time.

So why don't we? We might find ourselves in a situation that has stripped us of our lead position so to speak - we are caught in a place of seemingly unanswered prayers - in the midst of a black night - left with more questions than answers - abandoned - alone - scared - frustrated - angry - confused - afraid.

I feel this so strongly in my spirit today for anyone needing to hear this, DIG YOUR HEELS IN. Dig your heels in and DO NOT WAIVER. It does not matter the size of the wave, it does not matter if it knocks you down momentarily, it does not matter if the answer does not develop in the way you expected it to, DIG YOUR BLASTED HEELS IN and do not move. God knows you. He knows your name. He knows the things that are against you but He also knows what is for you, and what is FOR you is far greater than what is against you.

So in whatever season you find yourself today, dig your heels in and take back your lead position. Our circumstances don't have to change to be in the lead, but our attitude sure does. We dig in to God's Word, reading it with a ferociousness about it, we can't get enough of it. We dig in through prayer, laying our requests to God and thanking Him for the outcome, however He see's fit to bring it. We dig in with thanksgiving, rejoicing over all that God has done in the past. We dig in through obedience, obeying God's Word and His commands. We dig in through consistency, not being moved by what surrounds us but sticking to what we know to do.

As the waves begin to move back to where they came, dig those heels in, you'll feel like your moving, but you won't be. You'll be completely still. Complete in the God that knows you. Complete in the fact that if He is for you, than nobody can be against you. Complete in the knowledge that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. Complete in Him, regardless of the waves.

Get back in the lead...nobody can take that position from you unless you let them.