Tag: Nearness
We are headed to the wilderness either way: of our own volition with Jesus or by Satan’s extortion.
Sometimes, we get buried in the awful of a tough season and we forget there’s a God who sees us, trudging alongside in the very same dust.
When plans change, when heartache interrupts, when we are asked to difficult things, God also insists upon going with us.
We come close enough to experience His protection. We are anointed and overflowing when we choose to live in intimate connection with our Shepherd. We insulate our souls from exile when we knit ourselves to Him.
Seeking is all-encompassing. Seeking God means letting every lesser frivolity fall to second, third, or even last place.
So often we get silence from God and we assume He’s left the premises. We interpret stillness as abandonment, when truly, He’s working behind the scenes. We must recall: abandonment is not a part of God’s nature.