As I get to know the Lord, and develop a friendship, a deep friendship with Him, I've learned so much, and He has taught me more than I could ever have expected.
These past couple of weeks have NOT been easy. There have been mornings, like I mentioned in my past blog posts, where I seriously just want to give up and stop living for the Lord. Until recently, what kept me through this was having faith that the Lord was going to 'do something big' in my life this schoolyear. It kept me from giving up, that hope, that expectancy...
Instead of the Lord himself, and instead of His love.
Checkout 1 Kings 19
"The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.' Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper."
-1 Kings 19:11-12
Guys, I feel like so often I try and focus on the IMPACT of God, instead of listening to what he truly has to say. I kept on focusing on this 'big thing' I felt like the Lord had planned for my life-does He have something big planned? Man, it'd be awesome if He did. But God wants us listening in the quiet, for that gentle whisper, not just focusing on the fire an the earthquake.
And then, there's noise. I think it's so easy, living in the society we live in today, to let noise creep into our lives. That 'noise' doesn't have to be sound- it could be sin, worry, business, or just a lack of silence. Think about it. God calls us to be still in front of Him-we cant do that if we have distractions. I believe that if we were to take just thirty minutes, at least out of our day to just sit and listen in the silence for that gentle whisper, we would hear so much. But I know for me, there's something so scary about that. I mean, He's GOD..you never know what he could be calling you to do. But that's where we can begin the process of submitting ourselves to Him- by just being quiet.
I know I Like to listen to worship music- I absolutely LOVE it, and it would be a dream of mine for God to use My love of worship music in the future...But when I really sit down and read by Bible, I usually have to force myself to turn off the music and just listen to the word of God-because I never know what He truly has to say!
And I feel like when I personally start to look for God in the fire, earthquakes, etc...That's when I start to chase after God as a feeling...And I"m pretty sure I have a blog post that talks all about this-but God definitely ISNT a feeling-loving Christ is a decision, and His presence is something he CHOOSES to give us-not something that we deserve, or something we should be focusing on or feeling like we have to have...
"Be Still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
Psalm 46:10
man, I love that verse! Be still, and find comfort in the fact that the Lord is who He says he is-HE'S GOD!!! He watches over us and loves us more than anything. He longs to transform us and make us more like Him..But we have to be listening, because what He has to say, what He wants to do in our lives..it's amazing, and it will change us. His Silence is deafening.
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