God is On the Move

Have you ever just had a sense that God was about to do something big?

I’ve seen God move many times in my life. It seems He has a way of preparing us before life actually hits. About a week before my ex-husand passed away, a verse just jumped off the pages of scripture. It basically said that the pain we experience in this life helps us experience His healing, His love in deeper, more intimate ways–something I truly know in the depths of my being. I had no idea at the time the storm of pain that was about to hit our lives.

But God did.

I feel like I’m in that same season again. God is speaking to me. There’s a growing sense of anticipation that something big is about to happen, that our lives are about to change in big ways. It’s this constant stream of encouragement from scripture. But it’s more than scripture. It’s the little unexpected gifts from God. It’s an unexpected deposit in the bank account. It’s this cluster of prayer requests that you suddenly see connected. It’s the unexpected conversation with just the right person.

In short, it is God building my faith. Building my faith to believe for more. Building my faith to know He’s got me no matter what life brings my way. Building my faith to believe for the miracles of restoration and purpose He has placed on my heart this year.

It’s God telling me He will soon call me out of my comfort zone into His outstretched arms.

I don’t have any idea what that means right now. Will I suffer a loss? Will He call me to an unexpected step of obedience? Will He open the storerooms of heaven and pour out blessings so great there’s not enough room to receive them (Malachi 3:10)?

I simply do not know.

What do I know?

I know that my God is faithful. He has been with me every step of my life. He was with me through a difficult marriage. He was with me through the pain of adultery. He was with me when I walked through divorce. He was with me through the difficult decade of single parenting. He was with me as my kids grew and spread their wings. He has been with me as my daughter took off across the globe.

And I know He will be with me no matter what is coming. He has promised never to leave me or forsake me. He has promised His perfect peace. He has promised that He has overcome the troubles of this world.

I know that walking by faith is not easy. Not knowing what is coming is hard–especially for someone like me who is all about planning and preparing. I’m not one to enjoy surprises. I would much rather have the time to plan everything out and prepare myself for whatever is coming.

However, walking by faith means we are willing to take that step even when it doesn’t make sense. Walking by faith means we trust in a God we cannot see to take our pain and bring purpose from it. Walking by faith means we cling to God’s promise that all things work together for good to those who love God (Romans 8:28).

I know God is still the God of miracles. God clearly laid the word miracles on my heart back in January, and it is the word I have clung to. For too much of my life, I have put God in a neat little box, telling Him how He works and how He doesn’t. I don’t want a God that fits in my box! I want the God of the Bible, the God who parts the seas and rescues from the lions’ den. I want the God who is able to heal the sick and raise the dead to life again.

God tells me clearly that He is able to do exceedingly more than I could ever ask hope or imagine–according to the power that is at work in me (Ephesians 3:20).  Oh, how I long to have that power in my life!

I know the final outcome is always beautiful. God is the God who brings beauty from the ashes, who transforms our broken lives into something more beautiful than we could ever imagine. I have seen it in my own life. I have experienced how He takes a broken shell of a person and makes her into something more beautiful than this life can imagine.

What is life about to bring me? I truly do not know.

What is God about to bring me? In the short-term, I don’t know. I hope it will be wonderful and fantastic and absolutely mind-blowing. However, I do know that in the end, it will be something beautiful. It will be something that draws me into His presence. It will be something that creates beauty in my life. It will make my life richer and give me an opportunity to know Him more deeply and more intimately.

God is on the move–just like He always has been.