I love long drives by myself. I have probably had more
realizations of who God is in my little Honda civic than I’ve had at huge
international conferences, youth camps and bible studies combined.
Today I was driving to a small town, about an hour and a
half from my house, to pick up my little brother from football camp. As I got
all settled in, my car in cruise control and Will Reagan playing softly in the
background, I asked God a question. “What do you want to teach me right now?”
What did God have to tell me on this little stretch of highway in the middle of
nowhere?
His answer? “I want you to know, to really know, that my character doesn’t change with the seasons.” His answer brought me into deep
thought. I have believed the lie that I am in a cycle. A constant cycle of
doubt that arises any time I leave a “mountain top” experience. Before I even
arrived at home, I was believing a lie that I wouldn’t experience the character
of God the way I had in Africa.
It really got me thinking. How do I tap into the constant
character of God? How do I fight the enemy trying to pull me away from all God
has from me the second I step off the plane from a mission trip?
The answer is one of the biggest revelations I’ve had in my
life. Nothing. I have to do
absolutely nothing. God isn’t here to change with the seasons. He isn’t here to
disappoint us when the season we are in doesn’t feel like one of growth. He is
here to give us a consistent
well of JOY, PEACE, LOVE, GRACE, and MERCY. The great thing is, we usually need
the well of who He is more so in the difficult seasons, and He promises to give
us all we need and more.
On the same drive a little bit later, I was praying for a
friend and God shared with me some of the most groundbreaking advice He’d ever
given me.
“Don’t allow your changes in location or circumstance to convince you
that there have been changes in my character.”
Just let that sink in. The easiest lie for me to believe in
seasons of “dryness” and “disconnect” is that God is not as close as He once
was. The truth? He’s probably even closer.
Take comfort in the fact that for Him, seasons give an opportunity for him to
draw close and take you under his wing. Allow him to.
P.S. Don’t let your seasons define you, let Jesus handle
that :)
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