I am in a contemplative mood today. After the events of 2015, I find myself in a real transitional period in my life. I know it is not by accident. This all smacks of God’s hand, God’s will and God’s purposes. So, I am sincerely seeking God’s will and purpose for my life.
That is so easy to type, but truly hard to live out. In the past I have often not recognized the key transition points in my life, until I am well underway. I am older and more mature now, so I now see the signs of His hand. So I wait and search. I ask God. I look for signs. I look for patterns. I seek Godly counsel. I have made known to others, that this is what I am acknowledging is happening, so if they have a part to play in this. I wait upon God to reveal His purpose, which inevitably will include a vision to pursue. Not necessarily a direct vision from God, but a clear path to follow. So, I wait.
In looking at my past for guidance and insight, I examine how God worked through ‘happy accidents’ during key transitional periods of my life. My meeting Buffy was through a last minute switch of a blind date. My starting our software company RLA was through me having a conversation with an ex-coworker, after having a very disturbing meeting with my boss. In each case, I trusted my gut (manly way of describing the Holy Spirit) and pursued what I knew to be the right course of action. In each case, God richly blessed the effort and the direction, hence I knew it was always His idea in the first place. I was just the last to know.
As usual, I will now finally get around to the title of this article. This time I hope to be less obtuse, oblivious and ignorant. This time I would like to be more cooperative, more faithful and more Spirit led. So, I asked myself, how do I feed my spirit? How do I nourish my spirit, like I have learned to properly nourish my body? The obvious answer for the Christian is to read your Bible, which I do. I really sense God wants my complete attention this time. I think this time I have to take the steps of faith, not in ignorance, but with eyes wide opened. As I contemplated this need to exercise and feed my spirit, the basis of this article came to mind. So you, the reader, have a role to play in prayer. God is recruiting you, through this article, to hold me up in prayer during this period and perhaps further down the road, once He informs me what He will accomplish through me.
The next piece came through wise counsel I sought out from Vern. After I described my current situation, he shared that when he found himself in similar situations, that the scripture that always came to mind is “Be still and know I Am God”. That same thought was amplified by my friend Michael later on when he explained I need to shut out the stimulation of my soul when trying to hear God. He explained that it is not an emptying of my mind as much as it is an emptying of the worldly thoughts of the world and filling it with a real communion with God. A genuine quiet period where God is my focus and I am in a position to hear Him. I am not fond of quiet and prefer the stimulation and engaging with people. This will not be natural for me, comfortable or easy in any way.
So, there you are. It is my goal to carve out more quiet time with the Lord. To position myself so that He can make it clear to me, what He intends to accomplish through me. Your prayers are welcomed and stay tuned.
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