Guatemala is so beautiful. I have a bed. I have internet, and an inside shower. We are in one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world, and we get to live here for a month. This morning, as I was sitting in my quiet time, I just felt overwhelmed at God’s blessing. How did I get chosen for this? I feel so fortunate.
As I was sitting there, reflecting, I asked God what He wanted to teach me this month. What do you want to show me here, in this place?
He started speaking to me about comfort and complacency. He said, seek me, and you shall find me. I am in the mountaintops and I am in the valleys. I am in the country and in the city. I am in comfort and I am in hardship. I AM who I AM. I want to show myself to you. I want to reveal to you who I am in every situation. You will learn how to take me everywhere. Remember who I AM.
I started realizing that I may learn even more about God’s character here, in Guatemala, with everything I can ask for within walking distance, than I did in Honduras, where we did not have shops, internet and couches to sit on every day. I will have to be intentional with God this month. In Honduras, God was all I had to lean on. I didn’t have to search to seek Him, because I naturally spent most of the day seeking His presence. I didn’t have the distraction of internet, or coffee shops, or markets. I had a gorgeous view of a mountaintop, a prayer wall and His Presence.
Here I have to seek God. I have to be intentional to go away, to ask Him, to read His scripture. He is asking me to not be complacent. To not settle for less. To not skate by this month because it is comfortable. He is saying, lean on Me and I will show you My character. I will show you that I am God in comfortable situations and I am God in uncomfortable situations.
If I only learn God’s character in uncomfortable situations, how will I know to seek Him in comfort? When I have a hard day, it is easy to run to His arms, to seek His shoulder. That is good, but I don’t want to have to run to His arms. I want to already be there.
One day, I will go home. This race will be over and I will go back to the States, and it will be comfortable. I want to feel God's presence just as closely there as I do overseas. I want to lean on Him just as closely at home as I do here. I want to continue to be intentional, and this month He is teaching me what that looks like.
I want Him to be my constant companion, my everything. I want to see I AM.
