We are always searching. Always asking: Why? How? When? Who? What? Constantly seeking a new destination or a new answer. And more often than not we get to that point of impatience where we break. That place where we offer God an ultimatum or tell him we can’t wait anymore. That’s been me. I’ve been the girl filled with constant questions and impatience while waiting for guidance. I’ve been the beggar, the yeller, the pouter, the crier, the whiner…you name it and that’s been me…Day after day trying to find my answer. But during worship as I was crying to God singing the song “where you go I go, where you stay I stay…” God literally smacked me upside the head. There is no doubt in my mind God said it loud and clear enough for me to know it was him who was talking and I needed to listen.
My hearts cry for 2 years has been exactly that song, where you go Ill go God…just tell me! And through it all…silence…silence…silence. Until that moment I didn’t realize that I’ve had an answer all along. Silence is an answer too. Sometimes God says “be still my child”. Sometimes he wants a quiet soul. He desires a faithful heart whether the answer is given or not. To me Gods answer was “will you follow me into the silence…into those places that are uncomfortable or scary or completely nerve wrecking” because right now in my life that’s where God is…in the silence waiting to see if I’m willing to wait with him there. God consistently reminds of the story of Job. Through all of his affliction and pain written among 42 chapters in the bible, God didn’t speak until chapter 38! The first verse of chapter 38 reads this: “THEN the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind…” He didn’t respond to Jobs first, second, or third cry. But at the appointed time he showed up and as you read in the last chapters he has plenty to say and plenty of blessings. 1 Peter 5:6 “humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God so that at the PROPER TIME (some versions say the appointed time) he may exalt you”
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