Ever hear the whispers of God? And then immediately think was that REALLY You, Lord?
That's been happening to me the last week. Probably before that, but I was like humming and tuning it out.
My last post I made a quick mention of asking the Lord to take me deeper than I've ever wandered. This is not a new desire but I guess because I put it out there into internet land and outside of my tribe of people God thought it would be amusing to show me just how far He can push me! I am pretty sure it was within hours of that post, Oceans Helps me Rest, that I came across someone's blog that fascinated me. So I read it and then I walked away. Later that day, at family movie time, same subject comes up?? Weird right...
I brush it off and then two days later I come across ANOTHER blog completely "unintentionally." Needlessly to say, I took the hint, started reading and praying for clarity as to why this subject kept coming to light. This would be CRAZY!
I talked to my husband, my mom, my best friend and our kids and everyone thinks it would be INCREDIBLE!
Funny that even though this would be the opposite of what I thought was coming next I do not have anxiety about it. I find adventure, excitement, longing for it and maybe this will be exactly what I have been called to my entire life....what we as a family are called to in the next season...so...
Is it possible to find REST during the UNKNOWN?
Psalm 139:5 says, "You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me." David wrote these words about God, not to say how controlling God was but to point out and praise how precious his relationship with God was. Hem can mean to surround or in another translation they use hedge which means to let nothing in. David knew that no matter what was coming he would have rest and peace. He knew God was surrounding him. And if you know even a little about David's life than you know he didn't have it easy and he did not make good choices all the time. Yet, he had a repentant heart and because of this he was able to rest in God's peace.
I never know what is coming next! So what if what my husband and I are praying about right now is really coming to pass in the next 6 months? Then we better hold on tight because God's upside down kingdom is going to become our upside kingdom! And in the end what more could we really ask for? The possibility is terrifying and exhilarating all at once!
Will the unknown take me over? Will the unknown change my heart? Change my mind? Change my attitude? Change the way I love? Change the way I see life? Change the way I see God? I don't have to let any of this happen.
I can have rest in the unknown.
Remembering that God is behind me and before me and that He has His hand upon me can allow me rest in any circumstance.
My amazing friend Laurie Lago let me use this picture she took as the sun was setting in her hometown in Florida to make my graphic. Thanks friend!
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