Stall seasons are always hard. And yet there are many of them in this life. Whether it’s between paychecks, or between jobs, or between opportunities, we find ourselves in these ‘stalls’. God Himself values these stalls. Even in the 23rd Psalm, while the good Shepherd is walking the sheep through the valley of the shadow of death, He isn’t saying anything, He’s just walking and protecting. But these times make us nervous and sometimes demanding.
“When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, who knows what’s happened to him?” ~Ex 32:1
Israel had seen their share of miracles and profound power in the past few months. And yet as Moses lingered on the mountain for over a month getting the ten commandments from the hand of God, the people got nervous. What happened next revealed their depth of trust in God. And in their case, it wasn’t very deep. After a month of waiting they became impatient and demanding and fashioned their own answer, shaping a god out of gold and danced and partied in wild fashioned around the golden calf. It only took them 30 days to cast off their dependency on God and look for other answers. We all have that capacity. Thus we all need to have our dependency upon God revealed from time to time. God does this in a most careful way by providing A SILENT HEAVEN. ~Verlon
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Wow that's Deep...Do you think many understand this point or pratice it?..I agree "impatient and demanding" and all too willing in times of total Stress to resort to the damndest type of solutions of thier own creation...Contrary to everything they already know or has been revealed.. Reason seems to go right out the window with baby bathwater and all ..
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