He knows that I am one who prefers to sit in the safety of ordinary than venture into risk but it doesn’t matter.  He nudges me to move.  He asks me to risk. 

I balk.

I fear the unknown.   I worry about the change.  I doubt if it is Him who was asking.    Life gets blurry and I lose vision. 

When you can’t see where you are going it is scary and I am terrified.

He waits and works.

Life changes without me.  I have no choice but change with it.  He reveals Himself in the midst and the fog starts to lift.  He shines and I see clearly. 

He waits.

Now, I must follow. 

If there is something in your life upon which God has put His pressure, then obey Him in that matter and everything will become clear as daylight to you.

–          Oswald Chambers

Today this quote was from my devotion and the picture was taken during my morning walk.  God is revealing Himself.  It is evident.  I need to move with obedience into risk. 

He is good – All the time … and so very patient with me! 

Joining in with:

I sit here at the computer wondering, why do I write?  I wonder if the words I seek to put to page would find better purpose somewhere else. 

My words – yes – always yes.

If I sit here and write only what I think will draw the most comments or the most visits then I write not for the One who gifts me with voice.  I write only for me.  These words, my words, will always fall empty to the page.

His come with a cost.  They will always require more of me than mine will ever ask.  Should it be any less?

The One who gave it all – his life a ransom for my soul, for my voice – requires a like bounty. 

A life lived in the crucible where a heart burns white hot.  It is there in the refining fire my words rise like dross and His voice is found.

May I never take these words lightly.  May I never lose sight of the Voice-Giver. 

 “You can never set apart for God something that you desire

yourself to achieve for your own satisfaction.”

– Oswald Chambers