Not If, But When

 

And when they cried

        to the LORD....

         Joshua 24. 7

(Not if,

          but when.

That is the point

    of radical change,

coming before the LORD,

not telling Him what to do,

but admitting our need for God.

We all struggle

        with so many things.

No waivers there.

We live in a broken world.

It is not that we are

    waiting on God to act.

God is waiting on us

  to invite Him to intervene.

"Not my will or way,

            but Yours be done."

The biggest blockade may be

    sidestepping our pride

    or favorite despair,

and letting God enter in,

not just the situation,

           but our hearts.)

O LORD,

We grumble. We gripe.

We complain incessantly.

We even cry out.

We pray but not to You.

May we not just come to You,

but walk with You

through the miry bogs,

the deep dark forests,

and into the unknown

  --which is not unknown to You.

Because when we pray,

when we call out to You,

You make us aware,

not to another way through,

not to an answer in neon lights,

     but to Your Presence.

Even in this situation today.

 

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