Backstage

A couple of weeks ago there was a sermon at my church that was all about when God seems silent to us.  This was not only one of the most amazing talks I have ever heard, but it also gave me some intense hope!  Over the past couple of months I have felt at a stand still, and have also felt like what I was praying and asking for was not being answered.  I know that Gods answer to our prayers at times is no, but I've just felt like God was not answering them all together.  What I did not know or hear was that God was saying, wait.  What I know now is that God was setting the stage for what was to come.

I know for myself I'm super busy all of the time it seems.  I work a job, go to school, have other commitments, and also have a wife and son.  There is very rarely time in my life when it is quiet and still.  Because of this, I do not like to hear the word wait, nor do I look or listen to be told that.  You see what I know to be true is that God knows what it best for me.  He knows that I like/want (material as well, but I mostly mean situations) a lot of things, but He also knows what I should and should not have and the times for them.  In my mind I think I have it all figured out, but God is so far outside of my mind, because He created it.  I say it all for this last point...

At the close of the Old Testament God does not speak again for 400 years.  That is a really long time and God seemed to just be absent.  What we don't see in this silence though is that God was setting the stage for what was about to happen.  In this time an improved transportation, Roman Peace, and a world wide united language were taking shape.  These three things were being set up so that when Jesus came the curtain was ready to be lifted.

The same is true for my life right now.  I felt like God was silent, but He was up to something serious! I'm so excited about how God is working right now and I look forward to sharing it all with everyone very soon!

Dylan