2 posts tagged “god”
I don't know how else to say this, but God is up to something. In our city, in Midtown, in my life. I can feel it. I don't know exactly what it is or what it's going to look like but I feel like I'm on the cusp of some major changes that God is doing. Conversations with guys who mentor me, guys I walk alongside in life and guys who I mentor are all pointing me towards questions of "what's coming next?"
When your in a life position like the one that I'm in right now, it's very easy to get impatient; to try to assert your will on God to let you know NOW!
. . . that which He is waiting to reveal until tomorrow. So Dustin gave me some amazingly good advice and an observation about me that I'm trying very hard to take to heart. He noticed that I move quickly with everything I do. If I'm running upstairs to grab something, I RUN up the stairs. Even when I'm just walking from room to room in our offices, I'm always in a hurry darting around frantically. I think that this small practical observation can be an indicator of a restless heart that wants to hurry up and get to the next stage of life, or whatever is coming next.
The problem is that it increases blood pressure, ruins your ability to enjoy life and what's going on around you and ultimately means that you don't trust God very much. Plus when you're always in a hurry you ended up having to rework your steps ten times cause you screwed up the first time.
So take a load off. God takes care of the sparrows which are one of his fairly meaningless creations compared to you. He'll do fine with you.
If you haven't gotten hooked on Manchester Orchestra, you should. Right now. Go listen to their entire album "Like a Virgin Losing a Child." Then listen to it about a thousand times over because it's got enough unique melodies, pounding emotional rhythm, and lyrical content in there to chew on for a few years.
In one of their most powerful songs, "Where Have You Been?", lead singer, Andy Hull ends on a repetitive cry of "Oh God, where have you been? . . . God, my God, my God, where have you been?" I totally connect with where he's coming from. There are moments in life where God feels far away, and life feels like it's falling apart, and it feels like all I've got left is "WHERE ARE YOU GOD?!"
It's the wrong question.
The truth of the matter is that God isn't in the habit of bailing on His kids. He's not prone to wander or get lost or show up late. God never struggles with keeping His schedule straight or finding time to fit us in between other hobbies of His. God isn't the problem.
We are.
It's amazing how quick we are to blame God for our own struggles. We need to start asking the question regularly, "God, where have I been?"
