Grace Calls

Day 70- Grace calls

My friend called and said” Kimmie, I am having a hard time feeling the spirit. I get the whole God thing and I believe, but I just can’t feel Him”. He described his loneliness and how difficult it is to be alone since his divorce and separation from what he thought would be his next wife. He just couldn’t understand how God would leave him so lonely. He said he felt unworthy.

As we talked, I took a quick peek at the back of my bible to find scripture on worth and the word grace came to mind. I was quickly led to Ephesians 4:24 in The Message bible and it says, “Take on an entirely new way of life- a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you”.

The light bulb went off! That’s it he said, “God wants me to be alone until I find Him. He is making me wait”. We laughed about how God has a funny sense of timing and then settled in to the fact that the spirit had just moved. Within 30 minutes of my friend saying that he couldn’t feel God’s spirit, it came.

This is how God works. God moves through people and circumstances, flowers and rain, storms and rainbows. He is everywhere, all of the time. Stop. Listen. What is God saying to you right now?

Are you flustered? Have you convinced yourself that you can’t hear Him? I just did. For a quick minute as I quieted my soul I went into fear mode. What if he doesn’t speak? How do I know I am not making this up in my head? Why would he listen to me? Because, He created you.

God calls us to travel on the same road and in the same direction as it is noted in verse 4. He made sure that we don’t travel alone. He brings phone calls at just the right time on a Thursday afternoon, prompts us to reach out to a friend who’s dad just passed away two hours prior, asks us to go on a mission trip without the finances. He brings non-believers into the fold so that you can be bold for Him.

I love the surprise of finding out what God is up to in people’s lives. It seems that God’s grace is the one thing that springs hope eternal. It is the first thing we are given at birth and the last thing we have to hold on to at death. Knowing your creator and getting to know Him personally is the greatest gift you will ever give to yourself and others. Grace is the gift you receive for being.

What is holding you back from hearing His voice, sensing His presence? Root it out and Let Go.