Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Stuck in the Wilderness, Again

Well, here I am, stuck in the wilderness again. It's been known to happen to me from time to time, and here I am again. Perhaps you've experienced it as well. For me, it's a feeling of so many different things tugging at my heart, mind and soul. All of them possibly valid. All of them possibly dirction from God. Yet, all pulling different directions and leaving me in a quandry of how to respond. So, I don't. For the most part, much like the Isrealites in the wilderness, I just wander around trying to get out, but not knowing which exit to take. It's a crazy feeling. My heart and soul know that God is in the midst of it (whatever "it" is), but my mind just can't get clear enough to align with the rest of me.

So, how do I get out here? For me, the answer is "I" don't; but, by relying on God, I will. I just hope it doesn't take 40 years like it did for the Isrealites! Until then, I must put my trust and hope in the Lord and wait on His direction, at His appointed time.

"Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!" Psalm 27:14 KJ

"For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 2:3 KJ

My prayer:
Thank you for being in the midst of my wilderness, and for never leaving me or forsaking me. Lord, give me the courage and strength to wait on you. Provide me with your clarity and vision for my life. Amen.

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