1/22/2020
Isaiah 45:22
Most people who know me have heard me use the words, "I'm going vertical." I am not sure where I picked this up, but I have been saying it for a long time. When people ask me where I gain inspiration, strength, hope, or comfort from, I tell them, "I go vertical." It is my short-hand for saying that I pray and look to my Heavenly Father for all things. I have a very cute sign in my office with Snoopy and Woodstock sitting together, heads turned skyward, which says, "Keep looking up, that is the secret to life." This idea is metaphorical, of course, for God is not in any specific direction; He is everywhere.
I have always gone vertical when I
am going through a trial or someone I know needs lifting up. I tend to hang on
to God tightly at those time, but do I hold on in times of prosperity as well?
Do I lift my voice in thanksgiving for the blessings in my life? Do I "go
vertical" and praise the name of Jesus my Redeemer for saving my soul
every day? Do I enter each morning with a prayer of thanksgiving for living to
see another day? For me, this can only happen through focus and intentionality.
Isaiah 45:22 "Look unto Me,
and be ye saved." This is written in present tense.
I Will Look Up - Elevation Worship
2 comments:
One of my favorite phrases from you. Sometimes around PES all you had to do was point up. No words were necessary. I often look up these days. God has me on such an unexpected journey. Thanks for the reminder.
Metaphorical, still - but how great to 'go vertical' instead of 'goil horizontal', which is sometimes my tendency when things get tough...crouch, lay down, hide. Stand tall and face it! Like one of my favorite songs lately says, "Dance upon the heartache" 💗
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