I dreamed that Sierra was a toddler and we were in some big building in the middle of a big city. She got away from me and started running away, out of the building and down the street. I ran after her, calling for her to come back, but she kept getting farther and farther away. I kept running, with tears streaming down, begging her to come back to me, but she kept running and getting further away until I couldn't see her anymore. We kept running for what seemed like hours until finally she was too exhausted to run any further. I ran up and scooped her up in my arms and started running back the other direction until I got back to the big building. I took her inside and upstairs. When we got upstairs, a lady in a white coat met us and started talking to me, telling me how lucky I was to have caught her and got her there in time. Then, she brings out an IV needle and I have to hold Sierra down, crying and in pain, while the nurse puts it into her tiny little hand. Turns out, she had cancer and was very sick. She had been running because she didn't want that needle in her hand. But, that medicine was the only thing that was going to save her life. The thing she was so afraid to face was the very thing that held the answer she was in need of.
God spoke to my heart so much through that dream. How often do find ourselves facing a problem that we can't handle on our own and in need of help to get us through it? But when God begins to step in and give us the answer, it looks so scary and painful that we run away instead of running into His waiting arms.
-When our finances are tight and God asks us to be generous and to trust Him.
-When someone hurts us and God asks us to forgive and let Him work in their hearts
-When we are trying to make a difficult decision and God asks us to let Him open the right doors for us instead of making our own way
-When we feel like we need something "right now" and He's asking us to wait
-When our marriage is going through a storm and He tells us to stick it out and not give up
God has the answer to everything we need. He holds the key that will unlock the solution to our problems. He's there, ready to give it to us.
But we run. And we find ourselves getting farther and farther away until we can't even hear his voice anymore because we've left him far behind.
But there's good news. Just because we've run away, doesn't mean there isn't hope for us. God is still right behind, chasing us and calling our name, begging us to let Him help. And when we finally come to the place where we are too tired to run away anymore, He will be there to scoop us up in His arms and carry us back to the One who has the medicine we need to make us better.
Are you ready to stop running? Let God carry you back and give you what you are searching for.
