Be Not Quiet

Texts:
- Psalms 81-84, 126
- Luke 5-6
- Nehemiah 11-13

Oh Lord, my God, my only hope of salvation, be not quiet in life this week. Be not quiet in the life of Exodus Community, bring about Your will in a mighty way so that we know exactly where to go. This week, I pray that You will bless my intent to sharpen my hearing, by speaking very clearly. I want to take the time to listen to You, so don't be quiet when I come.

Of course, I expect to be overwhelmed with all that You will say. That's okay, I long to hear Your voice and move under Your direction. It seems for to long I've been in charge. I've been interpreting Your word, I've been looking for the special golden nugget of Scripture, I've been trying to put things together, I've been trying to make the connections. It is so much better to leave these things up to You. Then real meaning flows out. So allow me to be quiet, while You speak and move and direct. The whole story of life is that You do everything, we simply respond. Allow me to back off and let You move.

I am here, of course, because I have so many questions that I have not been able to figure out with my own work. I have been busy and overwhelmed and not finding what I sought. It is simple really, I wasn't truly seeking in You. How easy it is for us to begin to take over. Center my work and my will back in You Lord. That is the only way that it is worth anything anyway.

Yes, this is a cry. This is a cry I've needed to have for a while now. It is a familiar cry for sure, but it needs to develop into a constant cry. This is my response to Your work today.