We live in an intense, hyper-active, overly complicated world.
Take a few moments…
Hit the pause button…
Be silent…
Clear your mind…
Consider this…
As servants of God…
Are we truly making room for Him…
Have we forgotten that we must make room for Him… y’a know, give Him “elbow room.”
We plan and figure and analyze and predict that this or that will happen, but we forget to make room for God to come in and work as He chooses.
I sense we would either be so busy and preoccupied with our analyzing and planning that we would not notice if He showed up… Or… We would be so shocked… if God came into our meeting or into our life in a way we had never expected Him to come?
Do not look for God to come in a particular way, but do look for Him.
The way to make room for Him is to expect Him to come, but not in a certain way.
No matter how well we may know God, the great lesson to learn is that He may break in at any moment.
We tend to overlook or downplay this element of surprise, yet God never works in any other way.
Then…
Suddenly… God opens the door and walks right into our life… Wow… right here and now… Indeed… “…when it pleased God….” (Galatians 1:15)
Let us keep our lives so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point.
Let us live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in when and how He decides.
Make some margin… make room for Him to intersect… to surprise you…
Accept His blessing to act when you least expect Him… And, yes, in ways you never anticipated…
Draw Close, He indeed is near