What do you do when God is loud? When I first began my Christian walk I was blown away by how loud God was, how clearly I felt lead. Had he always been this loud and was I just not listening? Or when I turned my life over to him, did the volume go up? There was a movie from 1990 staring an early Christian Slater called Pump up the Volume. How this movie relates to a Christian walk is beyond me (and much of the content is probably not appropriate), but I love the premise. It’s basically about a teen with a pirate radio station who creates a cult following as he delivers social commentary about the state of teenage life. He coins the phrase Talk Hard meaning talk real…talk about what’s going on, what’s real, what hurts, what matters. Talk Hard. I think this is what God wants from us. Pray Hard. Pray about what’s real, what hurts, what matters. Then listen. Sometimes you have to listen hard. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of shaking and moving. Life is going along…sort of status quo. You may be asking. You may be in wait. But life is good and all is quiet.
Then it gets loud….
One of my prayers everyday is for God to use me for his will. Show me what and where Lord and I’ll go (or stay). Each day I find opportunities before me…mostly little ones, but none the less, opportunities that I can respond to Gods calling. People, places, things. So life is good. My plate is full. Some say very full. And in the midst, a shift … and God gets loud. He has pumped up the volume. He is calling. A new path is before us.
Time to pray hard … pray that we be used well, for His will, for His glory, in His timing, for His people. Faith is having enough trust in God to follow him even when it doesn’t make sense, you don’t know where it’s going or your plate is already full and he’s calling anyway. On Belay.
