The Kitchen Table: God....What's Going On?

Ever feel like things are not quite right but you’re just not sure what it is? I think we all experience what I like to call the “Troubling of the waters” seasons or phase of life.

Recently I’ve had the blues a bit. Why? Not really sure, but it’s making me move in closer to the Lord to find out why?

Just as our homes need a good spring cleaning each year, I believe so do our hearts. Have you ever neglected a closet to the point you can’t fit another pair of shoes or piece of clothing in it? Or each time you open the door, something falls out? And finally you spend week’s cleaning it out? Well, often our hearts (left unchecked) can overflow with stuff that needs to be let go of, reevaluated, trashed, refreshed, looked at with new eyes or given away.

Often when there is an unsettling or rustling in our spirits, its God’s way of getting our attention. But, we don’t always get that. As women we like to self medicate. Shopping or overeating I feel are in a tie for first place. Second place is filling our schedules to the point we are always on the go or way too busy to sit and here from God. In fact, we often run from God when He desires to spend time with us. Why? For me, it used to be fear of hearing what He might say. He might tell me I had to let go of something or someone I wanted to hold on to. Fear that I’m really wrong in an area where I have justified being right. Fear that He might ask me to do something that would be a big sacrifice. Fear of what He might reveal to me about me. Fear He might want to have a heart to heart, where change is needed and dreams could be dashed.

Knowing that I have probably lived more days then I have left before me, I look at life very differently now days, and when I find there to be unrest or the blues for more than one day here are there, I know it’s time to seek God as to what is going on with me.

There are surface things I can pinpoint and have talked to Him about, but most often they are just the symptoms of something much deeper. With an illness you may have symptoms…high blood pressure, you experience headaches and dizziness. Vertigo is the symptom of and inner ear problem, fatigue is a symptom of many different things…high blood sugars, low blood iron levels to leukemia. My point is—physical symptoms tell you something is wrong, but not always what it is. So, we have to go to the doctor for test and evaluations. Emotional unrest, the blues or depression also tell us…something is not right. So we must dig deeper to find out what the root cause is.

Often when looking into the recesses of our heart and mind, it can be likened to cleaning out that junky overgrown closet you’ve neglected a few years. But it’s a must if we want to stay spiritually healthy.

If you’re finding that things are a little off kilter or amiss, take time to move into to God to see what the root cause of this unrest is? Seek Him, with a humble and willing heart. Humble so you can receive what He has to say, and willing, to be able to make whatever change is needed. Sometimes it’s as simple as waiting for it to pass as He makes changes we are not even aware of, but on the other hand it might be a more difficult feat and require great change. But either way, it’s all good. Because God never makes a mistake!

So my dear sisters, I hope I have encouraged you to not be afraid to seek God, no matter what the outcome or circumstances, because He will always give us His best.