The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down. Psalm 146:8

Jesus said to Saul, “Get up and enter the city, and you will be
told what you are to do.” Acts 9:6

I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and
who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” Isaiah 6:8

Jesus answered Nathanael, “I saw you under the fig tree before
Philip called you.” John 1:48

Friends, I have recently signed up to receive the Moravian Daily Texts. They are awesome little devetionals. Above are some verses they send for meditation upon. I thought I would share my meditations with you. In Psalm 146:8 we recognize that it is repeating the same idea that God opposes the proud and exalts the humble. When we humble ourselves we are free to obey Christ in whatever He would call us to do. Acts 9:6 is an example of that, Paul was humlbed and the Lord spoke to him. Hearing God’s voice for direction necessitates obedience. In order for Paul to be shown more about what His destiny looked like he had to “get up and enter the city.” The same was true for Abraham in Gen 12:1-3 “Go to the land I will show you”, but humility I believe were actions of the heart that had to happen first before this. Now then once you obey You might overhear conversations the Lord is having about His plans, and in the state of humility how can you not want to volunteer (Isa 6:8)? Finally before you ever got to this place of humility and even hearing God’s voice on instructions about what you are supposed to do, or overhearing His conversations, you recognized, He saw you first before you ever saw Him. (John 1:48).

God of Hope, help us to trust in you to lead us, even though the
places in which we find ourselves are often difficult. Grant us
the vision to see how it leads to you. In Christ’s name. Amen.