Soaking before God

cynthia heald I went to a Women’s Conference at the Hotel Jefferson Saturday morning.  There in the opulence of the Grand Ballroom a sweet 70 year old woman shone brighter than the chandelier as she reminded the women of the importance of “pitching our tents” near God.

Cynthia Heald’s message created a homesickness in my heart. I wanted to “go home” and meet with God in His Word—I knew what she was talking about and longed for it.  I also longed to be a woman who spends herself encouraging other women and pointing them to the truth of Scripture.

Oswald Chambers added to the theme of the weekend in His “The Unheeded Secret” devotion for this morning.

“It is not practical activities that are the strength of this Bible Training College, its whole strength lies in the fact that here you are put into soak before God. You have no idea of where God is going to engineer your circumstances, no knowledge of what strain is going to be put on you either at home or abroad, and if you waste your time in over-active energies instead of getting into soak on the great fundamental truths of God’s Redemption, you will snap when the strain comes…”

It was a weekend full of new mercies.  It is good of God to send messengers with reminders that I need a good soaking every day!Bible (Small)