When God Feels Hidden: Attaching to the Spirit from Ezra to Esther
I don’t know why… but I often expect the Spirit to be obvious.
It could be because we know Him from when He came with a rushing wind and tongues of fire (Acts 2). Or when He hovered over the waters in Genesis 1.
Those things? They seem pretty obvious… right?
So, when it comes to our own lives. We expect a clear word or a strong impression. We expect the door to swing WIDE open or a window sash to be thrown open, loud and clear. We expect a moment where we can point to something and say, “That? That was God.”
And sometimes? He is that obvious.
Attachment to the Spirit: Kings & Chronicles
When I scanned the list of available blog posts for our team, my eyes naturally went to the option of 1 Kings-2 Chronicles (Please, don’t stop reading! There’s no way I could cover all those chapters in one post.) I am currently studying 1 Kings with one of the girls I disciple, so I knew exactly which story I wanted to land on. While it is in the Elijah chapters (who remains one of my favorite Old Testament characters), the story isn’t about the prophet. In fact, it’s about a household servant (I guess you could even call him a nobody).
Yep, that’s the story I want.