One of the lessons God has been
driving home in my life over the past few years is that He is at work even when
it seems nothing is happening.
We pray, we fast, we look around,
and it seems zilch is going on.
We wonder.
However, God is behind the
scenes, moving, changing, solving, undoing, transforming, healing, restoring,
loving, inspiring, stopping, convicting, creating, blessing, and on, and on. Then
one day, a previously sealed door cracks open, and the sliver of light coming
through it makes us fall to our knees in awe.
All the while, God has been moving
towards that moment.
Occasionally when I grow
discouraged in writing endeavors, I poke around on the internet to see if
anything is happening with my writing that I don’t know about, perhaps, a new book
review for Give My Love to the Chestnut Trees or Home to Currahee.
While doing that this week, I
found something amazing—a lovely video of my “Just a Wobble” devo from last
October’s Upper Room Magazine being interpreted into British Sign Language.
BSL Daily Devotions is a
web-based collection of Upper Room devotions translated into British Sign
Language. A battle with cancer spurred Ramon Wolfe toward its development in
2012. “…I felt the need and the duty for this to be shared among our BSL
signers in this country so that they can receive the Gospel,” he says according
to the BSL site.
I enjoyed the translator’s interpretation along with the bicycle spoke graphic,
and then it occurred to me that since the site was developed in 2012, I might
have another devo on it. Sure enough. A video of my meditation, “The Whole Picture” is also on the site.
Can I tell you how blessed I feel
about this discovery?
When it seems you’re staring at a
blank wall, remember, beyond it, God is working in unimaginable ways. It would
have never occurred to me to think, “Hey, I think I’ll get on the internet and
see if someone is interpreting my devotions into British sign language.” But for
about a year, they have been, and I didn’t even know it.
Friend, no matter what you’re
praying about, God is working the same way in your life. Be encouraged.
"God can do
anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in
your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within
us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us” (Ephesians 3:20).
To see the videos, click here for
“Just a Wobble” and here for “The Whole Picture.”