Have you ever felt as though you had lost a sense of God's presence with you along the journey of life?
There have been times when I have felt... Stale. Detached. Bored. Stuck. Usually these are signs that I have relapsed into some bad habits. I've let busyness creep in and crowd out the necessary solitude that my soul craves. I become thin around the edges of my emotions and anger, bitterness and sadness prevail over joy. I blame circumstances and others for my lack of discipline rather than dealing with the real problem--me. I am learning that when I realize that I'm there that I need to go back to some of my base line disciplines, resources, and spiritual mentors. One of those resources is Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest. His words have often been poignant, timely, and rarely fail to invigorate my spirit. I found these words this week especially meaningful: "When God gives you a vision and darkness follows, wait. God will bring the vision He has given you to reality in your life if you will wait on His timing. Never try to help God fulfill His word. Abram went through thirteen years of silence, but in those years all of his self-sufficiency was destroyed. He grew past the point of relying on his own common sense. Those years of silence were a time of discipline, not a period of God’s displeasure." Even when it feels as though I'm on my own God is working in me on a level that I can't even imagine, destroying my self-sufficiency.
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