It can be sometimes hard to discern God’s leading especially with bold confidence -it’s not as if a cloud or fiery pillar turn up regularly in our lives to sign post the way as they did for the Israelites. However, some signs are more than coincidences – they are God incidences- God revealing himself to us and showing us the way to go. Showing us when it’s time to move on or the way ahead.
It was about 6 years ago – towards the end of 2017, when I first got a sense of restlessness. There wasn’t anything wrong that I could put my finger on but a general sense of dissatisfaction was in the air. God was stirring me up from my comfy nest but I didn’t realise it at the time.
I had been in and part of my church fellowship for 25 years and was very involved in prayer, leading small groups, teaching etc. I had shared prophetic visions and words for our church fellowship and felt very much that this was the place and I was here for duration. God had brought me to this church and I was here to stay.
God had a different plan though. At first it was as I say a general sense of restlessness that came and then this dissatisfaction. I prayed through this time with friends and the Lord kept showing us a picture of a barren field full of sheep where most of the grass had been eaten. The sheep had their heads down still munching on the few bits of grass. They only needed to lift their heads to see there was an open gate and the field next door had lots of grass. Each time we prayed, we had scripture verses that confirmed what we were sensing..it was time to move to a new field. There was an open door and time to move out.
This was a great shock to me. Move fellowships..my friends, my leaders..where would we go. I thought my life was here but the Lord was now showing a different path.
We prayed into this for a few months because it was a big decision until we had peace that God was moving us on but we didn’t know where. It wasn’t until we took the decision to leave our current fellowship and the past behind that God started to lead us into the new. Our old fellowship leaders did not take our leaving well at all. They did not agree with the move. They would not release or bless us. It was a very painful time but taking the time to have prayed it through before had given us confidence that God was leading us out.
God didn’t show us straight away where He was leading. We met initially at home on a Sunday during the next months to pray and seek the Lord. Eventually, we decided to visit the local church that I used to pass on my way to my old fellowship. We already knew some people there from local prayer meetings.
Our first visit was at an interesting time because during the service the leaders shared that 2 of their senior leaders were going to another fellowship and they were releasing them with a blessing.
I wondered if this was the place God was leading us to and whether this was His perfect timing.
We visited for a couple more weeks and I was feeling at home. I arranged a visit to the Pastor.
It was at that meeting that the sign from God..the God-incidence was very clear that we were in the right place.
I shared my vision with the Pastor that the Lord had given me for Stourbridge (our home town) and my picture of the overflowing river of life and the verses from Ezekiel 47 that I had prayed into for years.
The Pastor looked at me and smiled and asked me to turn over some A4 paper that was next to me on the table. On the paper was typed the verses from Ezekiel 47 v 9.
“And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes.”
God had graciously given me a clear sign that this was the place He wanted me.
I felt prompted to share this testimony today.
Perhaps, there could be someone reading who is experiencing the same feelings that I had and not recognised it as God stirring the nest or someone who may need a clear sign that you are heading in the right direction or in the right place. Perhaps this post today is the sign for you.
Bless you today,
EagleSight Ministries 
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