Will We Perceive It

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. (Isaiah 43:19)

Have you ever tried to lift a poorly taped box only to have the box break and the contents to spill out on the floor?  Pretty annoying, uh?

That has happened to me on multiple occasions, so now when I pack a box I make sure the box is securely taped on the top, bottom and even the sides.  Sometimes I will even go overboard and mummify the box with tape to ensure nothing will fall out.

That may be a good rule of thumb when packing, but when it comes to our spiritual lives, our spiritual boxes should be very loosely taped.

Let’s face it, we all have spiritual boxes of some sort.  By a spiritual box, I mean a framework that holds what we believe to be true as Christ followers.

When properly aligned with God’s Word, spiritual boxes can be helpful to keep us from being led astray.  But, when they are not closely based on what the bible teaches, spiritual boxes can be dangerous because they put false limitations on how we believe God moves and who He chooses to move upon.

Spiritual boxes can keep us from recognizing a new move of God because it doesn’t fit our past experiences.

God will not violate His scripture, but He can and does move in many different ways.

For example, we may think God will not move upon a certain group of people because their lifestyle doesn’t fit the mold of a traditional Christ follower or we believe God can’t use certain individuals because they don’t hold to the same doctrines that we do.

But who are we to put limitations upon God?  In Numbers chapter 22, God spoke through a donkey.  Need I say more?

We need to be careful our spiritual box is not wound too tightly.  God is always on the move.  The question is will we perceive it?