WAITING FOR A WORD

I recently was remembering a time when I was trying to make a decision that I felt was important. I was ‘waiting for a word’ from the Lord on how to proceed. I had waited about two months wondering and pondering my next move in this situation. Nothing came.

Then early one quiet morning, I clearly heard this line: ‘The word doesn’t show up if you don’t.’ This rather confused me at first. Then I thought back on the last couple of months of trying to hear something definitive. My mind and spirit had been anxious, impatient and distracted. I had not been showing up in my usual ways. I was faking and deceiving myself about being present.

It reminded me of a long time past when I did not want to pray, listen or be with the Lord and I told the Lord clearly that I wanted nothing to do with God and Christian stuff. In my morning quiet I heard this: ‘I’m just glad you showed up.’ It has been my change and cover ever since on how I do meditation and prayer.

I think it might be the same with waiting for a word: ‘The word doesn’t show up if we don’t. But, ‘I’m just glad you showed up.’ Grace upon grace.

“So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.” Jesus