I Am Rahab….The Peacemaker
By JC Miller
Piggybacking off of the newsletter sent out this month, I would like to continue speaking on goals. This is the year of 20/20 vision. This year scales will fall off the eyes of unbelievers. This is the year truth, no matter the hurt it may cause, will be revealed. In knowing the task set before us, I’m entering this prophetic year in fasting.
As a woman of God and a child born of the flesh, it’s hard to balance the task of living life in a fallen world yet staying focused or grounded in the truth. I’ll be the first to admit that last year was particularly hard for me to stay in the word. I was and still am pressed against change in my household. I’m being forced to be a doer of the word, not merely a hearer – and I’m failing. What in the past has come easily to me has become extremely hard. I’ve taken the high road from conflict by silencing myself, busying myself, and hiding behind work.
What is she going through you ask?
My husband has retired. Chile, he’s home to stay.
Those who know me know that my husband has been a weekend dad and man for years. He worked and stayed in the city and I ran the house in the mountains. The children and I have grown accustomed to living our quiet peaceful lives of fantasy. Reality has hit hard. I love my husband, but there isn’t a peaceful bone in his body. It was easy for me to put up, yes, I said put up with his weekend madness but now…now, I find myself stretched. There’s no more looking forward to Monday and knowing that everything would be back into order.
Before I even started fasting, God spoke to me. You see 20/20 vision is clarity. The first thing He did was show me myself. In the midst of change, His word never changes. I am the heart of the household and when the heart is affected it disturbs the chemistry or balance of the home. It’s the beat or rhyme we move to. And even though my husband brings the thunder, I have the power to quiet the storm. I’ve been fighting against it, avoiding it, and forgetting who I am in Christ.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9
I say this all to say, stay on course. Hoist your sails and ride the wind and cleave the waves, knowing that He is our guide. Yes, in this world you will have trouble. But take heart! He has overcome the world. Join me in fasting and praying for clarity…not the vision to see the end of the road but the insight to be wise enough to know and follow the leader. Because I am Rahab too!
