Esther 6
Who would have thought not being able to sleep one night would change everything? When I read this story I see God at work. The not sleeping, turned to reading, which led to Mordecai being honored, that began to turn the tables on Haman. One sleepless night became a string of events. I believe that is how God acts. I believe that is how God is acting in your life and mine right now. Not in dramatic acts, but in subtle interventions that work for our good.
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When I was 10 years old, sitting in the balcony of a huge baptist church in Fort Worth, I felt God's call for the first time. I look back now and can't believe I had the nerve to walk all the way from the balcony down to the front during an altar call, by myself. Since that time, I have looked to God and tried to hear his calling. Like Ken mentioned in a sermon awhile ago, I can count on one hand the times I have definitively felt God's call. Most of the time I muddle through, searching, not listening, making mistakes...but God somehow finds me and sets me straight again. I knew when we started the mission in Kenya, that God was calling me for that, I had been waiting my whole life for an opportunity to serve in that way. But, guess what, God had other plans. Through my husband (you don't even want to know how those conversations went), God showed me that this was not a good idea for me at this time. I had 3 children at home to take care of. I didn't go easily, maybe even kicking and screaming, but eventually, I saw that this wasn't my time. From that came the real calling...I was to focus on feeding children right here, in my own backyard. Funny how God works when we are paying attention.
ReplyDeleteA conversation today led me to thinking about God being able to use me in more than one way. I recently heard God speaking to me for the first time, and it was truly an amazing feeling, a mixed one...I was glad that I was actually hearing Him, but at the same time I was scared. After hearing Him calling me to do something with children-I started taking control and trying to figure out how I was going to make it happen. I thought that this was my one chance to do what God wanted me to do, so it was either now or never; who knew when I would hear Him again? For me, this was a big moment in my life, where I could distinctly feel I was being called. In hindsight, I see that God has intervened in many small things, that at the time may have seemed insignificant, but produced great results. Times when plans have changed, or things weren't the way I would have planned, those are the times when I could see that God was working through and using me.
ReplyDeleteThe King wasn’t aware of Mordecai’s plot, so to him, waking up to read was insignificant, he couldn’t sleep, but look at the great result-a man’s life was saved.