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Now what I am commanding you
today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in
heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and
proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you
have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may
obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart
so you may obey it.
Now choose life, so that you and
your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his
voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life… Deuteronomy 30:11-14, 20
We
often long for discernment in our lives, and we want God to clearly point us in
the direction we should go, whether it is in our personal life or in a ministry
we are involved in. But are we taking
the time to listen? Before we jump into
another commitment or make a decision, do we ask of Him?
And perhaps
at one point we heard Him speak and we obeyed and jumped into the water and
started swimming. Are we taking the time
to rest, to look, to make sure we are swimming in the right direction?
If
you take a bottle of lake water and shake it up, it’s cloudy and you can’t see
through it clearly, but if you let it set, after a while the sentiment floats
to the bottom and the water becomes clear, and you can see. Are you taking moments in your life where you
are spending time to allow the waters of life to become still and clear?
The
answers to life’s decisions are not out of our reach. Listen, sit still with
Him. It is not up in the heavens, or
beyond the sea. No, the answer is within
our very own hearts when we are seeking Him, when we listen to His voice from
deep within our soul.
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Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:7-8
With strong passion I call to You
in my troubles.
The yearning is as strong as the
powerful forces of the water surrounding me.
Yet above the roar of the rushing
waters my voice is heard in prayerful song
As a quiet melody of love from my
Savior
Echoes in the night.
Love
Song
My voice
sings and my feet dance
To His
love song.
My hands
reach up, my heart beats the rhythm
Of His
love song.
My ears
are tuned in and my all responds
To His
love song.
My life
becomes His Love Song.
Lord,
May we seek You with all our heart and with all our soul, may we be still so
that the waters of our life reflect You, and our life becomes Your Love
Song. Amen
-Sue Parrott
Good analogy with swimming. Ever try swimming in a targeted direction in an open lake? It's pretty difficult to swim straight in open waters without guidance. As a competitive swimmer in childhood I came to understand the purpose of lane markers both on the sides and on the bottom of the pool. Without them it's like swimming with your eyes closed. You'll end up drifting to one side or the other. We need markers in our spiritual lives; lest we drift.
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