One night, back in 2010 when I was I was training for a 15k run that I was participating on, I went for a training run. 6 miles was the goal that night and when I reached midpoint near a church I decided to take a break because I found a clear spot for star gazing for a bit. Now I knew I couldn’t stay long before I had to get back on the run but then I noticed that the path that followed for whatever reason was darker than usual.
I mean no street lights nearby, no houses for blocks, no cars driving by, nada…
For whatever reason my mind start blowing thoughts and reason why I shouldn’t pass through that path. I could have easily returned back through the route I just came from and would have accomplished the distance I was suppose to make that night. I couldn’t though. I was determined I was going to make through that one but I knew for sure I needed someone and I needed a light. I knew the “someone” that was going with me. So I look up to sky again and said “I know You with me…but it is still kind of dark I need a light…” as I say this I begin to approach the dark path and right when I set the first step on it there was the light…no seriously He sent me a light.
Not in the form I would have think of but in the form He wanted to be, but Lord behold when I ran passing this firefly it began to fly next to me at the pace I was running. Next to me the whole time! It followed me all the way until I got to the lighted area. INSANE! I remember feeling at peace and comfortable while I was running I was even laughing to I don’t really know what. One thing for sure, He was there and He was happy to stroll along with me.
Lessons about the story:
God speaks to us on daily basis. He speaks through dreams, nature, other people, bible, and many other ways that we may not fully comprehend at the time. We make the mistake to think that God will come to us and have a human to human conversation when He is more than that and will communicate in an even more beautiful way. When we make this mistake we close ourselves the opportunity to let Him reach us and we ignore the constant messages and lessons He blesses us with.
Also when we do our prayers asking God for something we try to ask for things with specifications creating unnecessary expectations. We ask for our need then we add all the “I-wants” at the same time forgetting that God is the one in control and will respond to all our prayers according to what He knows best. I asked for a light and while I wasn’t sure what to expect I sure wasn’t expecting to come in the form of a firefly. At the end of all I didn’t needed a headlight, flashlight, bright moon, or some kind of supernatural light. The firefly was more than enough for a light and companion and He knew that.
Drop your expectations of how you think He should/will/could communicate and start paying attention because our ears isn’t the only thing we have to be able to listen.
God bless always.
