Yesterday morning as I passed
the pond on my way to church, there stood on the ice that still covered over
half of the pond, a Canada Goose looking somewhat puzzled, it’s head turning
from side to side as if looking for an answer.
It seemed apparent that either
the ice needed to melt or the barrier needed to break. The goose needed to be in the
water. The ice stood in the way.
In the natural, the temperatures
will warm and by later today, it is likely that the surface of the whole pond
will be water again. In the
spiritual, it seems that things sometimes are locked down far longer than when
it seems that something should have shifted. “Lord, this has been a very long journey…”
This I know, looking back over
many times when things seemed stuck:
God is active. We are to
both wait for His timing and pray it forth. I have gained much by trying to listen for the Spirit’s
leading in how to pray. Often He
gives me prayers that I know I did not conceive, but it has been my privilege
to pray them, being aware that He had given oil for the rusty hinges so doors
could open.
My prayer for myself and for you
today is this: “God, let our
hearts and ears hear Your divine guidance to pray forward the circumstances in
our lives that we and you care deeply about. You are not absent or unmindful or inactive in regard to
them. Let our hearts swell with
confidence in Your best work. and in Your timing, and may we press on to not be
discouraged, but to keep listening for how to pray. Help us, Lord, to wait for breakthroughs and victory with
joy and perseverance, that none of what concerns us has been forgotten by You.”
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