Silence...Always Golden?

Silence… Always Golden?

Psalm 37:3-7

Hi Everyone~

Have you ever gone before God with something you urgently needed answered? You go before Him, eyes tightly shut, earnestly praying for directions or an open door or wisdom or something…You know God is able to answer. He’s answered before. In fact, you will not be surprised one bit when you open your eyes (figuratively speaking) to find your answer staring you in the face!

So…you finish your petition – and like the people being shown the first look of their new home makeover by the guest designer – you OPEN YOUR EYES…but all you see is a big, blank, white room with nothing in it! You’ve got zilch…no direction, no supply, no ideas, nowhere to go…you’re just stuck. And to your horror, God is silent.

I’ve been battling that recently. In my Bible study, I read the story about Moses being called up into the mountain to meet with God. He told the people to wait until he returned. They did pretty well at first. But after 40 days of no Moses they began to panic…(Oh no, I’ve never done that before…right) The Israelites decided to take matters into their own hands and make their own god. Sarai also panicked when God didn’t move quickly enough fulfilling His promise of an heir for Abram. She arranged for Hagar to have his baby. In case you’re wondering, those were both – how shall we say it, uh…BAD IDEAS!

This week I came very close to jumping ahead of God. I had just read the Moses story. So I gritted my teeth to wait…guess what? God showed up. He slowly began filling the white room with the things I felt I needed to accomplish the task that HE – for Pete’s sake – had given me to do. The room is still pretty bare, but I’m so glad for His Word that reminded me of the consequences of taking matters into my own hands and jumping ahead of His timing.

Sometimes doing nothing is the hardest thing we’ll ever do. I guess at the end of the day, it really boils down to a trust thing, doesn’t it? “Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and verily you shall be fed…commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass…Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for him…” He’ll not fail.

Hope & Glory! to You ~ Love

Rebecca

Pull Up a Chair

Is Anybody Out There?

Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 27:14, Psalm90:17

Hi Ya Gang!

I ask if anyone is out there because I feel so out of it! Is it just me or does anyone else feel that way?! I can’t quite grasp what it is I’m to be doing. I guess it’s just like that sometimes…ya know… that limbo feeling. You know decisions and goals need to be made, but you don’t have all the info yet or the timing isn’t right etc…But you know that in time the way will become more clear and doors will begin to open and close, headaches will leave, sicknesses heals, fogs lift and answers come. “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint…Wait on the Lord and be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait I say on the Lord…And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” Is 40:31, Ps 27:14, Ps 90:17

If you find yourself saying, “Hey me too! That’s how I feel about things right now!” Just pull up a chair next to me, cuz (don't panic at my terrible grammar here. Sometimes it just fits the mood better, ya know?!)) I ain’t got no where to go right now… I’m just waiting for my instructions. As I see it, there’s no use fretting about it because God knows what He’s doing. While we’re sitting here, enjoy the beauty of the moment with me. Let’s not be guilty of looking so far into the future that we miss the people God has placed around us today! We are after all, in His grip.

Hope & Glory! to You ~ Love

Rebecca