Have you ever experienced the feeling of being “on the brink”? It’s that feeling deep inside that something
is about to change or burst forth, but you can’t grasp what exactly it is. It’s like that feeling you get when you wake
up from a dream and the shadow of the dream remains but you can’t conjure up
the precise images anymore.
Maybe my current feelings are appropriate for this time of
year. Everything is new. Each day tender
little leaves are unfurling from their curled cocoons. Grass is poking up from bare spots of earth. Birds are returning from winter getaways and
filling the morning air with their songs.
This is how I feel. Like
something new and green and exciting is sitting just beneath the surface
waiting to emerge.
I am trying to be very alert during this time, because I think
the Holy Spirit is at work and I don’t want to miss what He has in store. So often I fear that I have let God down because
I miss (or reject) the opportunities that He has set in front of me. So I lean heavily into His word and keep my
ears attuned to His direction.
I took a class recently on improving my speaking
abilities. The instructor gave us tools
to further our study once the class was over, and she left us with this
thought: When we focus our attention on
something that we are trying to learn, when we submerge ourselves into a
particular study or interest, everywhere we look we will see answers to our
questions. The topic will emerge
wherever we go. It’s the same concept where,
when you buy a car, suddenly you see that car all over town. So I
plan to keep my eyes and ears open and hang onto God’s word which says, “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it
springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
(Isaiah 43:19).
I can’t wait to see what God is up to now.
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