Good morning…
I think back on a phone conversation I had with a friend this week, a friend stuck in a dark place. She read aloud to me a poignant quote from the book Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Felenon by Winn Collier.
“We shouldn’t give much energy toward trying to see precisely how God is working in us,” my friend’s voice spoke softly. “You won’t be able to see much anyway – most of God’s work is invisible. But don’t worry; invisibility doesn’t make it any less potent. God works best (and most often) in secret.”
“We would never get over ourselves if God always worked out in the open where we could always see him, with God always bringing some grand miracle to our rescue,” the wisdom continued. “It is difficult for God to work if he is limited to working only in broad daylight. It is difficult for God to do a good work if he is limited to using only what is comfortable or easy or obvious.”
“We will not always be aware of what God is up to,” my friend’s voice read on. “We will not always have a firm grasp on our life and what God is crafting with it. We are going to have to let loose. Letting loose will allow us to follow God into these shadow places. To follow God, we must walk into the cross, and to walk into the cross is to walk into darkness and poverty, nakedness and death.”
Letting loose to follow God is not easy, especially when we feel stuck in a dark place. As we face darkness and poverty, nakedness and death, God works in secret, invisible ways, releasing within us a mysterious flow of resurrection power. And I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns (Philippians 1:6, TLB).
…Sue…
