When Faith Fails: 10 Days Of Finding God In The Shadow Of DoubtSample

In Exodus, when God told Moses to take off his sandals, it was because he was standing on holy ground. How that must have surprised him! He knew that area of the desert well. He had walked on it for forty years as a shepherd. For Moses, it was where he worked. In his mind it was only common, dusty, dirty, sheep-trampled ground. But God said it was holy.

What if the ground you’re on right now is soaked through with holiness? What if every detail of your life is permeated by the silhouette of God? What if the very atmosphere around you is infused by his voice?

God speaks. It just may not be in the way you’re expecting.

• He speaks through other people. Even the ones who annoy you.

• He speaks through the arts: good books, music, poetry, songs, and photography.

• He can speak through dreams. . . .

• He speaks through creation, as we inhale the beauty of what he made.

• He speaks through conviction and the gnawing sense that something is wrong. (Sometimes the issue isn’t God’s silence but the deafening sound of sin. Sin wants to be the loudest voice in our life. Don’t let it be.)

• He speaks through our pain.

• He speaks in our loss.

• He even speaks in our doubt.

If God exists, then there is no such thing as ordinary ground. It’s all holy. This moment, right now, wherever you are, is holy. God invites you to take off your sandals and sink your toes in and worship.

He is here.

The fingerprints of God are all over your life.