He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.
-Isaiah 25:8
I set a goal to post three blog posts every month for the whole year, and clearly, that hasn’t happened. I’ve been distant from God lately. That’s okay. We all have those seasons – dry seasons. And it’s exactly what is sounds like: a dry, drought season where you can’t feel God’s presence but you’re longing for it.
I can only blame myself for this because I didn’t dig for the water. I just sat in thirst as the drought progressed. This Easter weekend, I finally heard God calling out to me. He had been calling out to me over the weeks but I chose to ignore it and my spirit dried out. Drought. I stopped reading my Bible, I stopped praying, and I stopped being intentional about my relationship with God. I was in a place of complete stagnancy and dormancy. I could feel my spirit shriveling and the stress of homesickness, assignments, tennis, work and social life was weighing down on my heart. When I realized that I was thirsty and longing for water, I decided to listen to God and as usual, He was right there, waiting for me to answer so that He could quench my thirst...so that He could revive me.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
-John 11:25
I don’t think it’s coincidental that this weekend was Easter weekend and that the third day was Jesus’ resurrection day – the same weekend when I escaped the drought. God gave us His son that we might have eternal life. Jesus gave up his life so that we might have that same life. Jesus gave up his life so that every time that I was in a drought, he would be able to resuscitate me. He rose on the third day as a reminder that death cannot hold him. He overcame death so that through him, I could overcome the drought. Wow. Just…wow! Although this is a very specific (and microscopic) example of why Jesus died on the cross, it is relevant. When I remember that he overcame death for me, it pumps me up! It truly excites me to know that I have life and not just any life – eternal life! In times of drought, Jesus will be my water. Wow!
Having said all of that, I have a lot of cool posts that I’m working on so stay tuned (as the millennials say). Subscribe if you’d like and get notifications whenever I post something new! I hope you all had an amazing, revitalizing Easter weekend and I pray that you all continue to seek God in your times of drought because He wants you to go to Him.
God truly loves you.
With love,
Mandile.
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