Thursday, June 19, 2025

There Is No Middle of Nowhere

 

Now an angel of the Lord
said to Philip,
"Rise and go toward the south
to the road that goes down
from Jerusalem to Gaza."
This is a desert place.
And he rose and went.

             Acts 9. 26-27

Philip didn't question God.
He rose and went,
       even to a place
       he would not have chosen.
Are we listening for
            God's guidance
or trying to tuck Him
  into our own immovable agenda?
Do we argue with God,
question His wisdom,
        or trust Him in it?
In God's purposes and geography,
      there is no middle of nowhere.
Only the center of His will.
"In the center of the circle
   of the will of God I stand..."
      --Streams in the Desert

O LORD,
Grant to us the courage
   to rise up and go
   when You call to us
       and we listen to You.
Or shelter in place
  when You call us to stay.
You guide us not in
  "do this and do that" instructions
but invite us to "Come to Me."
You reveal Yourself
        in our comings and goings.
You know what is ahead
          and what is at stake
and that we need You
   wherever we go,
even into the wilderness.

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