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Kathie Davidson
Letter to a Dear Friend God Would Have Me Share |
Well hello!
Thanks for writing me. I have wondered how things were going with you.
I understand how hard it is to go to where you have to go, but let me share with you a little of how I got where I'm at. I came to Water of Life in 1984, pregnant with Kristen, after I received a prophecy about my life (My mother was with me and heard it, it happened in New Castle ). One of the first things God taught me was that Jesus was my example, and as Paul said, as he was the example to the Corinthians, Doyle was also an example to me. Jesus was baptized in the Holy Ghost and then led into the wilderness to be tempted of Satan. God did the same with Doyle, who at the time was a wealthy veterinarian (one of the top horse vets in the country), had him sell all that he had and put him in a small town in Texas without any money-broke. God told him the only way out was to pray out. Well guess what...I came to a place where we had very little money and I ended up (college grad-no less) sacking groceries. Did I like it? Heck no! But I could read and I saw where God said "for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble. (I Peter 5:5) Nothing was working so I knew I was in pride, and I also knew the only way out was to humble myself. God led me to be a grocery bagger, and then an all night grocery clerk. I never thought I hated much, but I hated that job. I couldn't get out of it either, until I could come to the place where I could thank God for it and for putting me in it. Pride will kill you, and you won't go anywhere with God with it. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble . I love the writings of Smith Wigglesworth, he has ministered to me many times and one of my favorite quotes from him says this: "You cannot talk about things that you have never experienced. It seems to me that God has a process of training us. You cannot take people into the depths of God unless you have been broken yourself. I have been broken and broken and broken. Praise God, for "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart" (Ps 34:18). You must have a brokenness to get into the depths of God."
I have found every step I take with God is a step of humility. We cannot do a thing for God, He does things through us, and He can only do it with a person who can yield to Him. I have had some pretty bad days, but I humbled myself all I could to walk on. You know, I had a whole year of teaching where I went from being one of the "top teachers of the district" to being the "scum of the earth" to where even my "friends" would not talk to me and walk on the other side of the hallway. Fun? No. But I thank God, it was necessary. Yes, I have a beautiful home now, and I drive a Cadillac, all paid for, but it was bought with a price; 25 years of yielding and yielding and humbling myself over and over and over. But I tell you none of it, the house, car and money, compare to being filled with the Spirit of God and Him speaking to me.
You have been given a tremendous opportunity. Not everyone is given to chance to walk with God and go through the wilderness. That's where you get the revelation of the Gospel, that is where your faith is perfected. If you want out, if you want to see God like you've never seen Him, you are going to have to go to the bottom. That's why you don't see real Christians who can walk in the power of God, they can't lay everything down. And Jesus means EVERYTHING. Go to where you need to go. Move in and get started again. Find a job, God will provide one if you ask. Start reading the New Testament and Psalms over and over and over until you get a revelation of Jesus. Thank God you are alive and ready to walk....you don't think God has preserved you for a reason? I believe he has.
Keep me posted, I am praying for you,
Love you,
Kathie
You may email Kathie at kathie@doyledavidson.com