07 March 2010

God wants to do in us before He wants to do with us.

Let us start: I am to rest in the mere presence of God.
We'll not pretend this is easy, self-absorbed as we are. Even one who purports himself considerate of others is found the egoist in the vicinity of our maker.
And then, when God is clearly before me,
I am emptied of pride,
Dispossessed of my drive for gain.
Wait.

In His time, He who is beyond time will reveal His direction,
His calling for the days and years upcoming.

Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

And after I surrender myself,
after I have let go,
after I wait,
after I hear...
Upon the completion of the time of pausing, in faith, I must trust
that everything that God has called me to do,
he has prepared me to do,
is equipping me to do,
and will lead me to fulfill.

In that time, with the confidence of God before me, I must move.