The Irresistible “Woo”

“Mountains crumble in the presence of those who know how to wait, watch, and then boldly walk through the passage that appears before them.”   –Guy Finley

Mike and I don’t fully understand this place we’ve entered; but somehow, in spite of the darkness (or maybe because of it), we are comprehending what aids our trust and are letting go of that which opposes it.  God got smaller in our eyes each time our attention shifted to “our part” in procuring change.  Real change occurs – and when it comes it’s not optional; it is God who makes the demand for change, engineers the circumstances for change, and supplies the passion to make the change.

We can’t change our heart and the heart is where all true change occurs.  We can feel desperate, but we can’t make our desperation real anymore than we can manufacture our own repentance.  God is the author and finisher of our faith.  We speak, pray, cry aloud, and groan too deeply for utterance but it is always in response to His groaning within us. His presence is irresistible; His beckoning is deafening; His urging irrefutable.  He aches and we can’t help but ache in return.

He brought us to this place and insists we receive only what is good and right for us.  The circumstances seem bitter but we know they bring better things to come.  It tarries, and we wait.  The seedling has the right to grow even when we barely see any change in its stature.  Hope never fades and love never fails!

Mike and I keep anticipating certain outcomes and time frames.  Through disappointment we reach for the irresistible woo of God to trust that an opening will appear in this seemingly solid wall.  Yes, we’re sure He’s not asking us to take a pick axe and force an opening!  He’s asking us to wait; to watch and see as His providence turns a partition into a passageway.  He is getting bigger in our eyes every time we resist the urge to eradicate our own problems.

We stay willing – instead of willful.  We wait (even when it makes no sense) and as we wait God is mounting trust (like a steed) and riding triumphantly — establishing our hearts in the fact that He is too big to need anything from us at all.  We are the object of His affection.  He is silencing the fear of loss by becoming the only thing that matters and that which can never be lost or taken from us. To God be the glory!