Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Do not fear, or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any god besides me? There is no other rock; I know not one.”
NL Daily Devotion for Thursday, January 2, 2020
by R. Fergus Moir, Clergy Stuff
I don’t know why I have such a selective and short-term memory. Truly, I have experienced God’s immediate presence in my life in mind-blowing ways. Times when I have had absolutely no doubt whatsoever of the power and love of God in the world. But not long after, I find myself mired in fear and overwhelm, feeling alone and adrift, grasping at whatever solution I might make happen through my own force of will.
I can almost hear God’s exasperation in this passage from Isaiah. “Seriously, what is your problem? Why are you afraid? I have totally proclaimed myself to you from the beginning and you have witnessed it! Why are you still trying to be God in your own life? I am God—there is no other!” Except I have to believe God would be a little more gracious about it. I’m just reading my own exasperation with myself into it.
The truth of the matter is that I have seen and experienced God, and I need to be reminded of that when I find myself floundering. Because the reason I’m floundering is that I’m grasping for my own solutions instead of reaching for God. Whenever I do reach for God, God is right there.
Where am I trying to force my own solution to problems, rather than trusting God?
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