Normally when I go for a walk I have my iPod. But it recently took a bath in the washing machine and doesn’t feel so good. So when I heading out for a walk I grabbed my phone to listen to my you tube playlist. Which is fine. Until I get about half way through my one mile walk with the turnaround in sight. And the music stops. Because I lose the signal. I’m too far away. It doesn’t faze me and I keep walking. And all I can hear is the crunching of rocks under my feet. I really want to get to where I want to go. I can see it. I’m almost there. Until I glance at the phone and see that little circle thingy is spinning on the screen. Just circling. And circling. It’s quiet. Except for those crunchy rocks.
And I pause. To think about my relationship with the Lord. And how the farther we get away from the Lord~doing our own thing~getting to where we want to go~ just walking and circling,~the signal gets lost. And the music stops. But the circle thingy. It’s still spinning. And because it’s spinning, I realize I can get the signal back, I just need to get closer. I realize there is a choice to be made. So I decide to turn around. Even though I had a plan. Even though I wanted to make it to the end of the road, I’d rather hear the music.
You feel me? There have been times that I have been so far away from the Lord that I couldn’t hear Him. Because I’m busy doing my own thing. Because I have a plan. But the closer that I get to Him, the stronger my relationship becomes and I know what to do. Turn around. I know I need the signal. But here’s the thing, when I turned around, the music didn’t come back on. And for a second I thought maybe I would just turn back again and get to that turnaround. To where I wanted to be. I thought, “If I can’t hear the music by turning back, by getting closer to the signal, what’s the point?” And then I hear a word come through the phone. Just one word and then it stops again. So I keep walking closer to the signal. And I’m smiling. Because when you decide to turn around ~to get back to the signal~because you desire to hear Him~He’s there. Although you may doubt, He will give a word. One that encourages you to keep going. To get closer. To not turn back. And then I hear another word come through. And it stops again. So now I pick up the pace because I know the closer I get to Him, the stronger that signal will get. And the closer I get to Him, the less room anything has to come in between.