He’s on the Move

“Quiet, everyone! Shh! Silence before God. Something’s afoot in His holy house. He’s on the move!” (Zech 2:13 MSG)

Today was a follow-up to one of those days that, if the Holy Ghost wasn’t involved, I might have walked right off the narrow path. Even in a season of abundant blessings, it never ceases to amaze me when my flesh drags me down to the pits of hell. What may only be a few situations going momentarily sour seems, on a fleshy day, to be catastrophic. The fresh and somewhat witty undertone the Message bible gives this verse hit home this morning.

We recently expanded my home office to include a separate onsite building for my newly hired assistant. These additions are such a blessing and represent the outpouring the Lord is providing on our business. Even so, the transition and move have at times proved rather wearing. Moving into the new space required me to learn more about the world of technology and networking than I ever desired to know.

Yesterday, as I devoted countless hours to internet crashes, unconnected networks, printers that wouldn’t print, cell phones that couldn’t find towers, software that couldn’t find files, I found the work I was supposed to be doing (instead of putting out fires) piling up to the sky and the work I desired to do for the Lord being tossed aside. I so desperately wanted all the distractions and noise to settle so I could just give what little time I had to the only one who deserved it-my Savior. Instead, I let the flesh take hold and drag me into what felt like an absolute tizzy. By the end of the day, all sight of reality was clouded by a bottomless pit of self-pity.

I’m always amused that times like this is when the Lord is finally able to work on my stubborn heart. It is also at times like this that I am thankful the Lord has given me a husband who is my polar opposite. Being around Mr. Over the Top Peppy when doom and gloom is all I can see is never my first choice. But, thankfully, he was there to allow the Lord to work through him last night.

At first, I resisted his promptings to “breathe in deeply with me” and maybe wanted to stick my fingers in my ears and make immature noises while he was speaking wise words, but, eventually, he said something that made so much sense to me in my blindness. He suggested it was possible the Lord was allowing chaos in my life in order to teach me to let go and move forward. Would I choose to try to control a situation I had no control over, or would I choose to give the first fruits of my time over to the Lord and let Him deal with taming the chaos?

The concept of letting go is nothing new to me at all. I frequently get to a place where I think I am a pro at it, the Lord laughs, and He decides to show me we can take it another step deeper. This morning, in the aftermath of yesterday, I read Zechariah and verse 2:13 jumped off the page at me. “Quiet, everyone! Shh! Silence before God. Something’s afoot in His holy house. He’s on the move!”

As I sat in obedient silence today, the Lord moved in a mighty way. He gave me a peace I could never find on my own in chaos and opened my ears to listen. He prompted us to not cancel the scheduled internet service tech even though internet “seemed” to be working fine again. I was frantic about cancelling him to not waste time, but managed not to cave. Then, through a stranger who came to my home only to solve a no-longer-existent problem, we were connected with other service professionals which I had been unsuccessfully seeking for weeks. My problems are being solved by others right now as I type, and I am freely able to give the Lord my time.

Thank you Jesus for being my provider. Thank you for showing me, once again, letting go of control is the only way for you to get on the move. Help me Lord to be more silent, to hear you and quicker to release life’s burdens into your sovereign hands. In Jesus Name.