When you travel to play and God has more in mind:
This weekend I was in Minnesota for Thrive, the annual women’s conference of Bridging the Gap—a statewide women’s ministry of the MN AG that connects denominations, generations, and cultures. I performed sacred and classical pieces during a ticketed event where each conference speaker shared a short message.
Arriving to the Rochester Art Center early to practice, I marveled at the room I had to myself, with its Baldwin grand and glass walls separating the art exhibits from golden-leaved trees along the Zumbro River. Moments of solitude and worshipful, intentional practice prepared my heart for messages that God brought me from Missouri to receive.
While the encouragements were personal, the conference theme was “GREATER,” based on Psalm 145:3: “Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure His greatness” (NLT). If we are led by an immeasurably great God, then it only makes sense to believe there are greater purposes in what we do, who we are, and who we will become.
One conference speaker walked through the prophet Habakkuk’s longing for God to break through his people’s oppressive circumstances. In Habakkuk’s powerful 3-chapter book, what strikes me is his sense of expectation: he expects God to speak and act. He knows there is greater purpose in his circumstances, so he rejoices as he waits.
Do we show up in our everyday circumstances with a posture of expectation? Do we actively wait for God to do greater things? Or do we go around with a vague, unvoiced hope that He’ll do something if He wants? We can be people of expectation. We can confidently expect the immeasurably great God to move in our world with His timing. His acts are greater than our wildest dreams.
An invite to perform piano songs brought me to a fresh revelation of God’s greatness this weekend; what’s bringing you to understand Him in new ways?
Will fly for music (and greater things),
Renée