Dear God, I want to stay hidden. I don't even want to be perceived…
Secrecy has become my armour.
I find myself craving to be in the shadows. It may sound like a dorky thing to say but quite frankly, it's the truth.
For some reason, I don't want people knowing anything about me, my business, my whereabouts, my dealings, absolutely nothing!…
You know I wasn't always like this, at one time in my life, I used to chase after stages and spotlights, always looking out for the next opportunity to “show them”,
...but then after encountering and walking with you for a while, I eventually realized how much of a flaw it was…
That yearning, that longing, the desire to be seen, heard and known. It was an expression of something deeper, something that needed to go away.
I can remember how you kept hammering on this particular issue and even instructed at some point that I starve the desire to be seen and I even had to start intentionally hiding and running away from the limelight…lol funny experience!
Anyways, I obeyed, we worked on it, I evolved, and now it has resulted in a bit of an issue because at this point, I don't even want to be perceived.
I know you said this is my year of light but it just already feels too lightful and nothing has even begun to happen yet…lmao.
All of these instructions you keep giving me - do this, do that, start this, go here…It keeps pulling me out of my shell;
My safe space. My sphere of influence. Where everything is predictable and under my control. Where it is so warm and familiar.
I mean don't get me wrong, being stuck here drives me crazy, but at least I don't have to be scared of anything.
I don't have to deal with the awkwardness that comes with putting yourself “out there”
Writing this reminds me of the story of Moses.
The Bible says he was a man of great words and skill, but after you were done with him in the wilderness, this same guy said,
“I am a nobody…” See Exo 3:11 (GNT)
I guess it's just what you do.
You know how to get a man to let go of everything they are, so they'll have no choice but to depend on everything that you are…
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God typing…
“....ehhhn when you say it like that, it sounds like a terrible thing lol
The point of using a man is so my glory can be revealed through him, but you see this can't happen if he is also trying to express his own glory.
I don't want to have to compete with you; Glory for Glory.
Nope!
It's a beautiful example you gave with Moses.
You see, if Moses still had his “oomph”, perhaps he would have been tempted to think that it was through his smart mouth or great wisdom that pharaoh let the Israelites go.
Listen Sofia, My strength can only find expression through your weakness.
A car can't have two drivers and a ship can't have two captains. There'll always be friction.
If we must work together, then you have to surrender to my supremacy.
Once a man recognizes the limitations of his humanity, he automatically turns to my divinity.
Then as regards, desiring to stay hidden…
“Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.
God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.
If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you?
I'm putting you on a light stand.
Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand--shine! Keep an open house; be generous with your lives.
By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.”
Listen to me, I didn't load you with all these gifts and abilities just so you could rot in the shadows
You're that city that has been set upon a hill, it is literally impossible for you to not be seen.
You're light and amongst many things, light is meant to shine
So shine! Shine brightly and boldly!
Do not dim your color or quench your fire.
You are not made for the shadows. You were made for the spotlight.
The era of the shell has passed.
Now it's time to rock the stage.
I know you're scared, afraid of all the possibilities both positive and negative and to an extent I can understand why.
I am not asking you to do away with the fears, I am asking that you trust me enough to obey amidst the fears.
Start the business! Start the channel! Start the podcast
Just start. I'll meet you on the way.
While there are so many uncertainties, you can be certain of one thing; the God that you love and serve.
In all 66 books of the Bible, never was it recorded that I ever failed or disappointed anyone who put their trust in me.
You can put your weight on the consistency of my character.
I'm equal to that task.
Fear nothing and Fear noone.
For the Lord himself is your shepherd!”
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