“I See Trees!”
My recent transitions have been full of countless opportunities to trust God alone as I am walking blind. Not really sure of which way is the right way sometimes. Even feeling uncertain once I have leaped if I chose the right way. This can be a place where the enemy loves to run to keep us in doubt and I hate that. As I continue to press in to what God has for my life and stick close to what I know to be true in His Word I begin to see things more clearly in Him.
In Mark 8:23-25 we see the story of the blind man being healed by Jesus. Now, I am not physically blind and this story implies the healing of a man who was physically unable to see. I see a clear resemblance to our spiritual blindness and this man’s physical blindness. In both cases God wants to heal us. When God heals it is His heart to heal completely. I feel like that blind man, I know Jesus has touched my life and I know some of the details as to which way I am to go at the various crossroads in my life. But, there still seems to be this uncertainty… I think I see trees! I have a general idea of which way to go or what to do but it is not perfectly clear. God is so good to us that He asks us, “What do you see?” And when we answer, “I see trees.” He is so good that He touches us again so that the clarity we need will come forth. It is simply up to us to let Him know that we see trees and allow Him to touch us a second time.
One thing I have learned of God’s character is that He is not about confusion or fuzziness He is about clarity. God does not want me to see trees; He wants me to see clearly in Him!
Do you ever feel like you “see trees”?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
"Seen"
I love to blog or write, primarily as an outflow of what God is doing in my life. I have had my ebbs and flows of blogs and desire to be consistent in my public journal as it were; and in that effort here I am again. I have missed this!
I have had many changes in my life over the past six months – actually since last October things have been on a roll. But, recently I had a very hard day that felt crushing to my soul. It was strange as the actual events would seem insignificant to most or even ridiculous but to me they were monumental and painful. Partially because the events that hit me were pulling on strings of pain that I have not fully resolved from an experience I had last year.
However, I took those feelings and cried out to God in my meager attempt to give Him my hurt, no matter how ridiculous the situation was that stirred this deep pain in me. I walked away from my prayer and carried on to prepare for an event that I am speaking at, of course thinking “How can I do this right now?” One thing I have learned is that most, if not all, of what I share is out of what God is doing or has done in me be it through a blog, a book or public speaking. All I have is what He is working out in me and He is always faithful.
As I began to open my notes and look at some things I went to the verse in Luke where we see Jesus raise the widow’s son to life (Luke 7:11-16). The part that struck me was not the miracle of raising the boy to life. Yes, Jesus raised the boy from the dead and that in itself is worthy of awe but what got me was that Jesus also saw other details in her circumstance. Jesus did not just see and address her son who had died He saw that she was also a widow. Jesus saw not just those details but what those details meant for her life. Jesus saw the ramifications of the details for the widow: she would have been uncared for, alone with no provision, she would have been hopeless. Jesus saw everything that the details of her circumstance implied; He saw her! When Jesus saw her He went out to her and when He went out to her He addressed the circumstance and gave her son back to her not just addressing the pain of losing the son but addressing her need for provision in every aspect of her life.
Did you know that Jesus see’s you? That when He see’s you He is moved to care for you in this same way?! When I looked at this I knew that in the pain I was experiencing God saw me! He saw the ridiculous details that mattered to me and He cared.
Do you feel that God see’s those details that seem to only matter to you?
I have had many changes in my life over the past six months – actually since last October things have been on a roll. But, recently I had a very hard day that felt crushing to my soul. It was strange as the actual events would seem insignificant to most or even ridiculous but to me they were monumental and painful. Partially because the events that hit me were pulling on strings of pain that I have not fully resolved from an experience I had last year.
However, I took those feelings and cried out to God in my meager attempt to give Him my hurt, no matter how ridiculous the situation was that stirred this deep pain in me. I walked away from my prayer and carried on to prepare for an event that I am speaking at, of course thinking “How can I do this right now?” One thing I have learned is that most, if not all, of what I share is out of what God is doing or has done in me be it through a blog, a book or public speaking. All I have is what He is working out in me and He is always faithful.
As I began to open my notes and look at some things I went to the verse in Luke where we see Jesus raise the widow’s son to life (Luke 7:11-16). The part that struck me was not the miracle of raising the boy to life. Yes, Jesus raised the boy from the dead and that in itself is worthy of awe but what got me was that Jesus also saw other details in her circumstance. Jesus did not just see and address her son who had died He saw that she was also a widow. Jesus saw not just those details but what those details meant for her life. Jesus saw the ramifications of the details for the widow: she would have been uncared for, alone with no provision, she would have been hopeless. Jesus saw everything that the details of her circumstance implied; He saw her! When Jesus saw her He went out to her and when He went out to her He addressed the circumstance and gave her son back to her not just addressing the pain of losing the son but addressing her need for provision in every aspect of her life.
Did you know that Jesus see’s you? That when He see’s you He is moved to care for you in this same way?! When I looked at this I knew that in the pain I was experiencing God saw me! He saw the ridiculous details that mattered to me and He cared.
Do you feel that God see’s those details that seem to only matter to you?
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