Rut or Rest? - Revisited
I mentioned on the last post my confusion whether I was in a
rut or in a time of rest. I pondered how to best discern, to hear God in this
foggy wandering of my soul.
If I have learned anything in my walk with Christ is the
fundamental ingredients of discernment boil down to:
·
Prayer - quiet listening to/for God.
·
Bible - slowly reading His word, taking it into
my heart.
·
Community - being vulnerable to share my
searching with others and with the Spirit’s help, learn from others.
· Trust - putting my faith in all of the above
that the process will eventually become clear.
Since I posted last I have:
·
Journaled and prayed and spent much quiet time
with God
·
Revisited and slowly savored some of my favorite
Bible passages (see below for the one that really spoke to me)
·
Heard loud and clear from emails and comments
left on this blog one consistent and very powerful message:
RUT OR REST: GOD IS WITH
YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE!
Thank you dear friends for that reminder from so many of
you!
This morning I read aloud my favorite psalm and it is so fitting
to share that today.
You have searched me, Lord, and
you know me.
You know when I sit and when I
rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my
lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my
tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before, and
you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful
for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your
presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you
are there;
if I make my bed in the
depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the
dawn,
if I settle on the far side
of the sea,
even there your hand will guide
me,
your right hand will hold
me fast.
Rut or rest? Doesn’t matter, God is with me.
And with you! No matter where we go.
Doesn’t get much better than that, does it?
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