“God is always doing more than you can see.”
Timothy Keller
It is so easy to fall into the trap of believing that if we cannot see something happening, nothing is happening at all. We live in a fast-paced world that demands immediate results, but that is rarely how the kingdom of God operates. We must actively trust the unseen work of God. To do that, we need to intentionally take time to slow down, quiet our minds, and look for what He is up to.
The truth is, He is always at work all around us. The prophet Elisha once prayed for his discouraged servant to see the unseen spiritual reality surrounding them, saying in 2 Kings 6:17,
“O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.”
Just like that servant, our vision is often limited by our physical surroundings. Yet, if we remain open to His leading, God graciously invites us into what He is already doing.
Accepting that invitation means we have to be willing to set aside our own rigid plans and daily busyness. Too many times, we become hyper-focused on simply checking off the next task on our to-do lists. We get so consumed by the grind of daily life that we completely forget the spiritual blessings God has prepared for us. We become blind to the divine appointments and God-moments happening right in front of us because our schedules are too packed to notice.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
Leaning on our own understanding usually looks like rushing ahead and trying to orchestrate our own lives.
God is rarely found in the frantic rush. Instead, He is found in the quiet times when we deliberately slow down and listen for His voice. We see this in the life of Elijah, who discovered that God wasn’t in the tearing wind, the earthquake, or the fire, but in a gentle whisper. We have to be willing to pause long enough to hear that whisper. When we finally get out of our own way, quiet the noise, and yield to His timeline, we start to see that His unseen work is far more beautiful than anything we could have planned ourselves.
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