Positioning Yourself to Receive

Recently, I learned an invaluable lesson regarding the importance of making certain I am positioned to receive the blessings that God has in store for me.   I was invited to attend the Sanctuary Retreat.  I paid the costs for attendance and was excited about the opportunity to retreat from the everyday hustle and bustle of life.  As the retreat drew near, I began to have doubts and eventually sent word to Minister Yolanda that I would not be in attendance.  I maintained this position until the evening before the retreat.  I am beyond grateful that the Spirit of God gave me the strength needed to press my way to the Sanctuary Retreat. 

The retreat helped to re-ignite my passion for living purposefully.  Long gone are the days of dragging myself out of the bed, going to work, fighting traffic then going to bed.   Now, I jump out of bed joyfully, work unto God while at the job, drive home with inspiring music playing in the car and immediately change into my exercise gear when I get home.  The best part: the Sanctuary experience served as the catalyst to restoring my desire to complete the books that God has place on the inside of me.  I am preparing for entrepreneurship; however, while still in transition, God has ensured I am financially stable.  A few days after returning from the Sanctuary Retreat, I received news that I was selected for a promotion. 

There are many more testimonies that stemmed from my attendance at the Sanctuary; but, perhaps the most poignant one is that while on Lake Lanier, God reminded me that he still has greater works for me.  I could not have received a better gift than the gift of receiving correction, instruction, and edification from Yahushua…all in one meeting…by being in the right position at the right time!  I had been in a dry place for a long time; but, God used Minister Yolanda’s Shepherd’s Heart to spring forth rivers of Living Water in my soul.  I am eternally grateful for how God used the Sanctuary Ministry to restore my joy.  In the words of the gospel group, the Winans, “It Looks Like I Can Feel The Breaking of Day, Oh What Joy Breaketh Forth In My Soul.”


~Kimba Mason