No Distractions

Saturday we took part in Earth Hour. At 8:30pm all electronics were turned off and unplugged ... candles were lit. In the candle light Mark - my son - and I sang while rolling a ball back and forth. We / I sang for the entire hour ... songs of praise, worship and adoration.

It's a blessing to take time and turn off everything and just be. I think we will be doing this a lot more often. Singing praises by candlelight is such an incredible feeling. With all the lights, sounds, and distractions turned off you can really focus on the important things in life and the things that God has been placing in your heart that just maybe you couldn't hear.

At least as I sat and sung that particular song I am so stuck in I could hear God whispering sweet and low. Answers that I have prayed for all week came to me this past hour by the flickering light.

I want to challenge you all to sit with no distractions and listen to God. Really listen to whatever he may have to say. Someone once told me that it is only when our hearts are truly silent that we will hear God sing.

'How Awesome is our God?
Always faithful! Always True!
Forever walking beside us
Just Loving me and you!
Reach out to him in faith;
Put your hand in his own.
Let him Love you and lead you
Till he brings you safe home.'

Right Where He Wants Us

Exodus 5:22-6:1
"So Moses returned to the LORD and said, 'Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me? For since I came to Pharoah to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.'
Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Now you shall see what I will do to Pharoah. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.'"

Moses is really seeing the human impossibility of the task God has given him; he has reached the point where all he can see is "I can't". The beauty of it is, that's right where God wants him! Because now, God says, Moses will see what the LORD can do.
God had to bring Moses to the point where he knew he couldn’t do what God had called him to do. Once that was abundantly clear, then it became equally clear that anything good that did happen was unquestionably God’s work. In the next 7 verses (Exodus 6:2-8), as the Lord is encouraging Moses and exhorting him to press on in the face of the impossible, He keeps repeating one very important phrase: "I am the LORD." He says it 4 times in the space of these 7 verses. 'Nuff said! I smile as I read it, because it's almost as if God is saying, "Come on, people, I'm GOD! Just what is it you think is going to stop Me?!"
I believe that God does not give us little human-sized visions or missions, but that He calls us to accomplish God-sized tasks so He can work through us. We grow in Him and He gets the glory!

So when you reach the end of your rope, and all you can see is "I can't"--great! That's right where He wants you. God can, so press on in what He has called you to do. After all, He is the LORD!

Forever I’ll put my Faith in God

In God alone I’ll put my faith.
For all Earthly things will pass away.
Friendships grow and fade again.
Praise God! He’s there day by day.

I’ve been hurt time and again.
Placing faith in the hearts and hands of men.
Always searching for a forever-faithful friend.
Thank God His love knows no end!

I’ll put my faith in God's unfailing love.
I’ll set my eyes on Heaven above.
I’ve been bought by His cleansing blood!
Forever I’ll put my faith in God!

God is there when days are sunny and bright.
He walks beside me though the long, dark night.
He carries me along when sorrow steals my sight.
His grace and mercy will make everything right.

Now and forever He’s my savior, friend and guide.
Preparing my home with Him on high.
Through faith I will never again fear to die.
I know He’ll be there to meet me on the other side!