Alive in the Spirit
(Note Before You Read. This reflection was born out of a quiet, painful season in my past where God asks me to let go a person, I never thought I’d release. Here's my reflection, written as if God is speaking to me in a gentle, heartfelt, and deeply personal tone. For those who are in the season of letting go, I hope you find something here that encourages you.)
A long time ago, the revelation and Word I gave you about your situation with that person still echoes your heart. In that moment I brought John 11 to your attention, and as you read, I highlighted verse 44 from the story of Lazarus: “Untie him and let him go.” I tend to give you this, for I know it was what you needed to hear then. It was a season of release, of surrender, even if it didn’t make complete sense to you.
And it is only now, in silence, as you drifted back to this passage, I dropped four- and made your eyes fixed to see only verse 4: “This sickness will not end in death; no, it is for the glory of God.” Because in truth, it is the main message of the story.
You needed to let him go back then, not because it was the end, but because I was unfolding a plan you couldn’t see yet. A plan that was beyond your understanding. One that was meant not just for the both of you, but also to those around you, and it was far more purposeful than the future you were holding on to.
Now, as you come to Me again asking why things had to be this way, I’m offering you back with a different lens of that same story in support of what has to be seen for this is truly the main theme - with My loving gaze in your waiting, it is just appropriate to put it this way, "The love, this story, this friendship, it will not end in death. It only had to happen this way so that My glory could be revealed.
To guide you further, and while you navigate My purpose for it, I led you to meditate Romans 8:5: “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.” That verse gripped your heart. You were like a student in awe, even though the lesson was hard to understand, slowly grasping something difficult yet important.
Because if the flesh had its way, you would still be together today.
But with a long, quiet journey of obedience, only now can I begin to show why “this” should not lead to death. What seemed like an ending was never meant for destruction, but for the revealing of My glory. That’s why, even now, despite the distance, despite the silence, both of you remain alive (living) in the Spirit. You may have mourned what seems lost, but I was nurturing what is eternal.
And yet I see some sort of sadness in both of your hearts. I see the ache. But My grace is enough. It’s enough to open your eyes to the beauty of what’s really happening, that your spirits are being made alive every time you choose to surrender your will. Every time you pray, cry, or come to Me with your questions, I’m not only listening, but I'm also strengthening your spirit. I’m silencing the lie that there is no hope and future.
For now, it may not yet satisfy the reason why I had to separate you back then. But the truth is, you can’t question the way I did it, because I was working out on something deeper, something you’re beginning to glimpse and later on will fully understand. No, it didn’t happen in the way you imagined or hoped. But what’s unfolding now is not your version of life, because it’s My life being lived in you both.
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