“Humble.”

I've come to realize in my walk with GOD that the times enjoy the most with Him are the times when I’m at my lowest. I don’t mean low in the sense of being broken mentally, physically, or financially, but in the sense of being in a state of humbleness; so low it’s as if His whisper is loud. Perhaps because He looks to lift up the humble, and bc there’s less of a disconnect or “distance” when we’re in a low state. Even while serving GOD, it’s possible to get to a place where we make ourselves more concerned and busy with “work” that we lose relation with the things He honors more, and those things He wants us to focus on in the moment.

When I think on it more, it reminds me of the hierarchy at a company. I work in IT and am low on the team structure. It’s easy for people to reach out and communicate with me, and usually that means more people have a better or “closer” relationship because I’m accessible. In contrast, the CEO is extremely “high” up, and though they may be visible, it’s not as easy to get their time or attention bc they have so many other things going on. Because of that, more people are familiar with him but their connection lacks closeness as a result of the separation.

I feel like us as believers can become the same way; focusing more on sustaining or enjoying the things we’ve been blessed with when GOD elevates us that we forget those times where GOD was all we had to lean and trust on..when He had our ears as well as our hearts. And it’s when we get “too high” up He has to bring us down, to either teach us a lesson or to restore the connection that used to be. It’s one of the things I fight against, getting to a place that I overlook or discredit the “small things” of following GOD bc I’m more concerned with the mission I feel is at hand. Reminiscent of Jesus telling the disciples not to turn away the children who were brought to Him, let us pray we remain low enough to have a heart for those small things GOD has called us to pay attention to.

“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.” - Deuteronomy 8:2