So praise Me continually, for praise works faith and “God inhabits the praise of His people”
If I seem to be far from you, praise!
You will delight in Me in your joys; and in your difficulty My love for you shall
be as inescapably real as a blazing pillar of fire.
Come Away My Beloved, Frances J. Roberts
This month I have not felt God’s presence or heard His voice in the way I have grown accustomed to on the Race. This is not necessarily a bad thing. God is teaching me that He is not a feeling, that Intimacy with Him is still possible, that my identity in Him is still secure, and that His promises are still true.
All of this requires trust.
I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land…Let the morning bring me world of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul…Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 142:6, 8, 10
God is calling me to perseverance, to trust Him, and to lay aside my expectations of how He works or moves or speaks. His ways are not ours but His ways are good. At the beginning of the month I found this note on my bed. It said this:
Ginny,
In this time of me being silent in your life, I want you to thank Me for the security of salvation you have in Me
than can only be gained by faith and trust in My Grace and Love shown through the cross. A time of silence should be a time of thanks for what I have done for you. Realizing and thanking Me for Grace and Love is just as important as hearing from Me.
-Abba
This month, my journal has become a place where I write out these praises, a place where I can thank Him for His faithfulness and provision. My teammate Rikki told me that though I am not hearing or sensing Him, He has not left and His Word in my life is powerful still even in the times when I may not feel it. I must still seek Him, trust Him, and depend on Him.
