Ocha and The "Burning Bush"

Bulan lalu gue baca artikel yg bagus dari blognya Christine Caine. Ini tentang masa penantian yg panjang, tentang Musa yg ketemu 'burning bush'. So, buat kamu-kamu yang juga sedang dalam masa penantian, baca deh artikelnya HERE. Artikel-artikel lain di blognya Christine Caine yang lain jg bagus-bagus koq, singkat, padat, dan powerful. Gue suka ama bible teaching dia, and it was a privilege having heard her teaching LIVE =D. 

Gue cuma mau modify artikel di atas dan gue sesuaikan ama kondisi gue skrg. And let the curhat begin..., hihihi. Tp lbh seru kalo baca artikel aslinya dulu di link di atas. Ternyata ya nasib gue gak jauh-jauh lah sama nasibnya Musa, hehe. Bedanya kalo dia menggembalakan Shaun the sheep, eh domba-domba father-in-law-nya, gue 'menggembalakan' ayam dan anjing gue :p.

Ocha was in her father’s house in a small town for more than 9 months, taking care of the backyard, chickens, and  Mopi & Tesi, the dogs of her father.

It was in this rainy, green, humid, back of nowhere, and quiet place that God turned up to launch Ocha as the leader of one greatest emancipation programs ever. (Amen)

The BURNING BUSH was right there in the green and humid place

Ocha could have thought:

God had forgotten her

God had forsaken her

God was punishing her

God had rejected her

God had missed her

God could not see her

God could not hear her

God did not care about her

She was in the backyard, in the back of nowhere with dogs and chickens, doing something unrelated to her destiny. She probably wondered why she had been brought to study and take a higher engineering degree in Sydney early on in life, but now found herself in that place...

It was lonely.
It was not in the limelight.
It was monotonous, and boring (but enjoyable sometimes).

Do you ever feel you are in that place?

I am in that place now

But here it comes the best part.....

The truth is we all come to that place at one time or another, but it is in that place...

1. God is preparing you for what He has already prepared for you.
2. God is doing a work in you in order to do a great work through you.
3. More is going on than what you see or know.
4. You are learning to trust God in the midst of your circumstances.
5. You are developing strength and courage for the adventure ahead.

So...

Don't give up
Don't run away
Don't be despondent
Keep trusting God
Keep believing God
Keep honoring God
Keep growing in God
Keep submitting to leadership
Keep doing what you know to do

Look for the burning bush in the midst of your desert. He is right there.

He will never leave you nor forsake you.

Thanks God, that was really encouraging. And thanks Christine...

PS. My dogs said Hi to all of you =)