These are God’s words to me for this summer—go back to the beginning.
In the past, I’ve heard, Sue,
don’t initiate. Hard words for an extrovert who loves hospitality.
Others have shared their words—do the next thing.
But for me, for summer 2014, my compass points to go back to the beginning.
Right away I knew what God was saying. Not spend your quiet
times in Genesis … “In the beginning” … or in John … “In the beginning was the
Word”. Rather, go back to the first building blocks of our relationship.
Review, ponder, and wonder again over the blessing of my adoption as a child of
God. Be enthralled with how God created me and his purposes for me—the basics,
the beginning.
It wasn’t an analgesic to cover up what I wish was.
It is an opportunity to listen and be reminded of my true
identity and calling.
It is a trust that God knows me and has my days numbered.
It is a time to rest in the green pastures by the still waters. It
is preparing for the next, making room for more.
It is yielding to being instead of doing.
It is the serenity of abiding.
It
is digging deeper into the good soil of truth.
It is defining obedience for me this summer.
Go back to the beginning. There is still more to be captured—more
beauty, more depth, more reality to the living Word.
What about you … what is directing your time with God this
summer? What words are written in neon for you?
“But I have calmed
and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child
is my soul within me.” Psalm 131:2
“even as he chose us
in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless
before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus
Christ, according to the purpose of his will,” Ephesians 1:4 and 5
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