The last six months have been something, haven't they?! The beaches of our decisions have been met with so many unknowns and changes, and we've reached exhaustion in the struggle to understand, much less advocate. It has felt like the waves have kept coming with no reprieve. Being tossed about in unfamiliar waters has taken its toll on everyone, but what has not shifted in the tide is Jesus. Okay, so we have been on a wild wave of emotions, a stretch of turbulent bumps, and have been tossed around- but our anchor holds. There has been a need in my spirit to reach solid ground.
A few weeks ago, the Holy Spirit started wooing me to Isaiah 62:10 "Get the road ready for the people. Build the highway. Get at it! Clear the debris, hoist high a flag, a signal to all peoples!" (MSG).
The Holy Spirit is waiting on you and me to get to work to build the highway that not only gets us to higher ground but is a highway that signals we are ready for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lord to come in. There has been so much debris, so many rocks and stones that have been in our way- and now is the time- now is the time to get to work to clean it up. We can stay in this season of being tossed about by the waves of seeming truths, or we can build a road on the unshakable foundation of Jesus Christ.
The book of Isaiah is chuck full of promises, and there are so many instances within this book about highways and roads. The prophetic nature of the book of Isaiah is very important to understand. The way you and I talk and how we travel makes all the difference. When we decree and declare with our mouths the goodness of the Lord, all creation is listening. We speak roads and highways into existence or blow them up with how we speak, how we love, and how we sing long before we ever start physically plowing. One of our jobs as sons and daughters of God is to profess and proclaim the way of the Lord, and in so doing- we are building channels, roadways, interstates, secret passageways, and thoroughfares.
Do you know what is really cool? Nothing is ever wasted with God. Isaiah 49:11 tells us that "when the time's ripe, I answer you. When victory's due, I help you. I form you and use you to reconnect the people with me, to put the land in order, to resettle families on the ruined properties. I tell prisoners, 'come on out. You're free!' and those huddled in fear, 'It's all right. It's safe now.' There'll be food stands along the roads, picnics on all the hills- Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty, shade from the sun, shelter from the wind, for the compassionate One guides them, takes them to the best springs. I'll make all my mountains into roads, turn them into a superhighway. " (MSG)
This tells my heart that nothing is a surprise to God, and even when we think our lives are too far gone, He is still restoring. The last six months have been hard, but what is on the other side of this is AMAZING. Jesus takes us where we are, and He always makes beauty out of ashes. He needs you. He needs us. He needs us to come out of hiding, wake up, and start getting our voices back. He needs us to shake off our grave clothes and exchange them for garments of praise. He needs the church, and He needs the church to be the church. He needs us to help reconnect the lines of communication of His unfailing love. Jesus thinks of everything, and there is no sickness or virus that can stop his purposes.
Let's get our hard hats on and put a belt of truth and some tools on our waist and let's go to work! Jesus, we thank you for roads, paths, and superhighways that are a one-way route to your heart and your presence. We thank you for the promise that still stands, great is your faithfulness. We thank you that even in hard times and uncertainty you are making a way where there seems to be no way. We thank you for your redemption power that does not simply get us back to normal, but restores us to an even better place.
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