Sometimes the difference in our ‘screams’ are like the differences between weekdays and weekends. During the week, I find I like to keep a constant hum of order, smooth and accomplishment so that come weekend, there’s the ahhhh of no agenda and much about being ‘in the moment’. That’s ‘my agenda’. One that says, I can enjoy once my mind and agenda is cleared. Back to the whisper of God. I’m finding God really likes to whisper. I don’t know why He doesn’t choose to speak louder than all the other ‘screaming’ going on, but it’s actually kinda nice. I don’t think it would slow me down. I think it would just fuel me to keep about ME business. Instead, it’s the whisper that draws me in.
The whisper is almost like a child hiding (hidee) in a great hiding place during a game of hide-and-seek. You know they’re in a really good spot somewhere, and then you sense where it is. You drop it all and rush into the ‘gotcha’ moment. and there it is...the intensity ended, the search over and the re-uniting of starting another round or just moving on to something else. Like captives set free. I guess that’s the dance I do with Jesus over His speaking, or whisper. I really do want to ‘find Him’ but unfortunately it’s often after I’ve checked off every mental capacity to figure life out itself. I’m learning the whisper is more like the game of sardines than hide-and-seek. You parents know this...once you find the hidee, you join them...and wait. I don’t really want to just find Jesus, I want to stay connected to Him so that when I’m found in a ‘SCREAM’ of life, we’re safe...He’ll lead, He’ll move and He’ll love. He has no choice, it’s just who He is.
So the whisper of God is my ‘it’ today. He doesn’t really ‘hide’ but we think He does. He’s loud and clear in His Word and through His Spirit. May we, like the child “hidee”, be scrunched up together with Jesus and delight when He says ‘YOU’RE IT’...I’ve got ya and love you and won’t leave you. Hear my whisper...it’s my delight in YOU.
