September 2, 2014
I sometimes realize that not everyone does the journey like we do it.
The journey of missions, the journey of family, the journey of special needs.
Not everyone finds the need to SAY EVERYTHING that they are feeling about the journey and publish it on the internet for the world to read. Not EVERYONE does this I recently realized.
For me, I have this need, this push from within to write and share the places and steps of our journey, and I don’t even know why. However, I read from God’s word recently and realized why I say it out loud
“For the Lord is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the Lord,” he says,
“and there is no other.
I publicly proclaim bold promises.
I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.
I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me
if I could not be found.
I, the Lord, speak only what is true
and declare only what is right.”
-Isaiah 45:18-19
I tell about our life OUT LOUD because I believe this scripture to be true. I believe that God is GOD and we can publicly proclaim His promises without fear that He won’t hear us. God says He can ALWAYS be found. God says our earth is not a place of empty chaos. This is HIS WORLD and we are HIS CHILDREN. He puts everything into place INCLUDING MY LIFE.
Recently I realized that I was having a down day and my heart was hurting. I was scared to say what I was feeling out loud. Scared to let my heart show. Scared to say what I DESPERATELY needed God to do and what God had told me He would do.
But then I read Isaiah 45 and realized I was in good company. God’s people have always been in the gap between the promises and the promise WAITING ON THE PROMISER. And they too were scared to say what they needed God to do. But God responded to them.
God always responds. He is never going to let us just drift into chaos and nothingness. He is truly HOLDING ALL THINGS TOGETHER (Colossians 1:17).
EVEN THIS.
So what do YOU need to be saying out loud? What has God promised that you are still waiting for Him to fulfill? Where are you terrified that He might not show up? Where are you desperate for God? We say these things out loud to reach for God together and so we allow Him to get ALL the glory when He does show up. And He will.
So SAY IT OUT LOUD.