Eyes wide open
Posted by Adam Desmond on March 14, 2010
Today my family went out shopping and I was looking through some pictures. For some reason, there was one print that caught my eye. It was a picture of a wall, made of stone and mud, with two windows in it, one directly above the other. The caption below the photo was “Psalm 91:1 – He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”
It was interesting, but I moved on and went about the rest of my day.
Tonight I was asked to pray for a friend along with others in our church, and when we got going, the leader said that God had given him a passage for this prayer time.
Can you guess which passage?
So as we read through the psalm, I began seeing the picture in my mind, and God used the imagery in that picture to shape many of the prayers for this person. It was so powerful, and came as a direct result of God calling me to this picture.
God does this in so many ways with me. A billboard, a ray of light through the clouds, an off-hand comment spoken without thinking, a conversation I have with my daughter. God speaks to us in so many ways.
But are we listening?
Part of the problem is that most of the time we aren’t expecting Him to speak to us. We aren’t expecting an answer at all, sometimes, but then we really don’t expect it to come in the voice of a child, or a rock in the sand. But should this really surprise us? The infinitely creative God that spoke the Universe into existence can and does communicate with us in ways that transcend mere words.
So I want to encourage you this week to expect God to speak to you. Watch for His words in every situation. Seek out His answers where you are. I believe you’ll find, as I have, that the means of communication are just as important as the messages.
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