It seems as if I’m always looking for “signs.” You know,
those clear flashing lights that show you what it is that God wants you to do?
Those blatant happenings in life that guide you and show you whether to go
through door A, door B, or even close door C all together.
Signs.
God gave us the rainbow as a sign. And I’ve always wanted something that obvious to be revealed
to me as I seek out the answers to my deepest questions.
Usually, I sigh. For
it seems as if I never get the sign that I’m truly looking for. Maybe
that’s because I’m looking for the wrong size of a sign. I’m looking for that
distinctly-written-out sign that leaves no room for error or wrong
interpretation. I’m looking for that sign that says, “Turn left” or “turn
right.” When in reality, the signs God may be leaving me may not be up in the
sky or on the corner, but down at my feet. For I see in retrospect, that many times I may not have seen
that blatant “rainbow” in the sky, but there was definitely a trail of signs
left at my feet.
A trail.
God often shows us
what to do many times and in many ways. He
gently whispers. He lovingly prods, He
leaves little nibbles of suggestions all around us. And we look away
because we expect something big and lavish. We are too focused on what we want
to see that we don’t see that He’s left us signs everywhere.
So many times I can look back and see how God has closed
doors or opened them – in turn shifting my path and direction as I walked
towards a goal or destination. I didn’t
even know it. Didn’t even realize that He was guiding me around obstacles,
or veering me away from a different outcome. But He was.
Oftentimes, I’ve discovered that the catalyst comes through
transitions. Transitions that naturally happen in life. God uses those to
channel us towards (or away from) something so that we don’t grow lazy and
complacent.
Transitions may be hard and uncomfortable, or they may be
exciting – but still they come whether we ask for them or not. They come in a season and at a time when
God is ready to move us.
During that time of confusion, we may ask and seek Him for a
sign of what to do and where to go, but He’s already moving and guiding us
forward on His agenda.
Yes, I may still hope for that neon flashing sign at times.
I may still feel like I need things spelled out for me. But even if I don’t
find it, I know that God is still leaving me signs of direction. It’s just that
because I may be looking for something bold that I overlook the personal and
private sign that He’s left only for me to see.
The next time you are looking to the sky for that big sign……try
dropping your head and instead look all around you. I’m willing to bet there are little trail crumbs that point
the way. For God never leaves us lost.
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