Exploring the Gray: Where I’m Meant To Be

It’s easy for me to feel discouraged when I'm tired or dry. When things in the world around me feel bleak with no sign of change.

I feel as though I'm missing something. As though the circumstances are something other than what I’m supposed to be experiencing.

But if the Lord has called me to declare His goodness in the dark and broken places, then maybe I need a re-framing.

Maybe it’s not the mundane days or hard things or weariness that need to change, but rather my perspective.

After all, how can I declare light in places already saturated with light? How good does good news seem in places where nothing is hard?

Maybe the uncomfortable places, hard situations, or gray spaces I encounter aren’t actually curses.

Maybe they’re an invitation to live into a calling of declaration.

Maybe they’re signs that I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. 

We were never promised a life without trials. But we are promised that He'll be present with us and see us through them.

What if I learned to re-frame the days I’m tired, the relationships that feel hard, and the situations that feel like they’ll never change and instead used them as opportunities to declare the goodness of God in the land of the living—even if dawn has yet to come?

What if I chose to believe that no matter how hard or mundane something may be, it was always about my declaration that God is still living and active—even if we cannot see Him yet?

God, grant me the strength to remain confident in your work and to declare your goodness in the spaces where I cannot see you yet. Give me faith to remember that you are always working and always present.

I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord
    in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
    be strong and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

Psalm 27:13-14