Alone with God

The week of 9 March through 13 March was a week that we had planned for teaching. However, the planned teacher had to change their schedule and after prayer, we decided to allow this week to be devoted to God. We would stay on schedule with our daily tasks, but the difference would be in place of class and afternoon ministry we would spend time reading, praying, listening and fasting. We began fasting speech. We had 2 days of silence. Have you ever wanted to just not speak for a time? Well you should have been here then. We as staff did more talking since we were planning on the fly. But once we did, we joined the students in that silence. Typically, we spend too much time talking about nothing, or talking to make ourselves seem greater than we really are. We spend more time talking trying to convince people we have it all together and we know more, can do more, been through more but it just shows how unraveled we are. We were able to listen to nature, to the voice of God, to turn our focus off of us and onto the creator of everything. The beginning was a bit difficult but after the second day no one seemed to really talk anyway. How strange. We had assigned reading of 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Samuel and James. With no talking it was much easier to get alone with Him and go through His word and get new revelations.

We were also asked to fast food. We didn’t all make it through the entire week but the few days that I did fast, I was amazed at how the flesh is quick to speak up for food. Not that I needed it or felt faint but the knowledge of not having food created more of an apparent war between flesh and spirit. When I felt as though I was starving I had to remind myself I am not my body. It is subject to me. When a hunger feeling came I would thank God for provision and would intercede for our team, my family, supporters, friends whatever I thought of.

Once the week was over we took the students to a game reserve here in Rustenburg. It was a beautiful place. We got out of our cars and hiked to this lookout shack. We prayed and took communion. It was great to be in His creation with Him.

Those times when our schedules fail, unexpected events happen or things just do not work out to our expectations; remember it is an opportunity to listen to what God wants; a time to be obedient because He wants to speak to you. If God can look at our entire life in one glance I think He can know best at what I need or where I need to go. I have to make a conscience effort to trust Him, seek Him and obey Him. I can’t do that if I’m not even looking to Him.

If He, the God and creator of everything, would send Jesus Christ, His Son, to die for our transgressions and reconcile us to Him don’t you think He wants and desires to spend time with us? Not for us to blurt out a list of things He can do for us but for us to just sit in His presence and allow the Sovereign God to love on us. To speak to us and reveal more of who He is to us. To reveal more of who we are to ourselves. He loves you so much His heart aches to spend time with you, good quality time. He longs to speak to you like He did with Moses. Can you hear Him?