Dropped My Phone But It Didn’t Break

I didn’t actually drop my phone, though that has happened a ton, but rather “dropped” my phone for the month, sent it 8 hours away with the other team, and kinda went of grid for a little bit. Why though?

Reason #1 (and really the only reason) the Lord told me to. He was and still is walking me through a lot of big things. A season of processing, listening, healing, and running after Him. And for that all to happen He knew I needed to be a little more unplugged than usual.

Don’t get me wrong I failed a little bit, sent a couple of emails, and about 10 days in really missed my music, but I would do it all over again.

So, I dropped my phone, but my only takeaway wasn’t just that I spend a little too much time accumulating very mood specific Spotify playlists.

The way the Lord speaks and listens is attentive, but the way we do isn’t always.

And I experienced that firsthand. Everything from sitting down to read my Bible to my free time in the hammock to what I was going to paint while water coloring. I, for a moment, reached for my phone. Not to mindlessly scroll through Instagram, but rather look up a Bible commentary or play some music or search an idea on Pinterest.

And look I am not saying those are all bad things (I LOVE a good Blue Letter Bible commentary) because I know I do them plenty, but it made me realize, how often when I have a question do I search for an answer somewhere else, rather than just going straight to God.

How often do we bypass asking the Lord all of our questions, not just the BIG ones?

Because we are His kids and He loves us a lot and wants to be in all our decisions. He wants to be the daily bread we go to rather than just what we pull out for fancy occasions or big decisions.

If we are called as Christians to look different than the world, how should we make decisions different than the world. How beautiful would it be if in every choice or decision we asked the Lord to give us direction. 

I am still learning that, learning the obedience that is cultivated when I ask for next steps from the Lord and get excited for what He asks of me because when they are things of Him they will bear fruit.

I took this past month to sit in silence with the Lord, to look for Him in each thing I did and He spoke. He spoke big things about where He wants me in these upcoming seasons of life and He spoke big calls on my heart. He spoke people and places. He broke my heart for the hurting of His children.

He could have done that all even if I hadn’t dropped my phone for the month, it wasn’t a requirement to hear His voice, but rather a step into joyful and bold obedience.

What does it look like for you to focus in on the voice of the Lord and hear Him in all the decisions you make?