# @hccks on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnC_8Oph24
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16679968-hccks-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-25T12:02:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Heartland Community Church (@hccks) — https://gondola.cc/hccks

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The Journey-Reorient
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There is so much dis- right now. Disorienting. Discouraging. Disconnected. Disengaged. We all feel it. The world is not right. We are not in control. Above and over all of that...things are not as God intended.
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But, God sees us. He mourns with us. He longs for us to turn to him, to trust him. He longs for us to see what he sees, see how he sees.
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God’s upside down invasion of the world began long ago, and continues in our time. He sent his son, Jesus, to be a bridge. He sent his Spirit to be a bridge for us. By any means necessary, in all ways possible, he beckons us to that bridge.
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This week, God challenged my thinking. You see, I have this narrative I tell myself. The one inside my head. Over time, it is more powerful than the narrative that is actually going on. I trend toward a narrative of discouragement, disappointment, even cynicism. And this week God gave me an elbow. You know, like your best friend or your spouse will, when you are heading toward something you shouldn’t say? THAT elbow.
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It sounded like, "Lisa, you’ve stood at a distance for long enough. You’ve given me the "step off" hand long enough. You’ve ignored the fullness of life I am calling you too...long enough. We are done with that narrative. Time to move on."
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Whoa. I came face to face this week with a God who reminded me that he created me, he sees me, and my value to him is not in question. But responsiveness to him might be. It became clear that it is time to step up. Step up and step into the life he has always been calling me to. Step up and ask, in every situation, "What does love require of me?" If I can see with his eyes, how might my actions and my words shift? If I can see with his hope, how might my view of the world shift?
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God is solidly, firmly planted in the dis-. But, his lens is very, very different from mine. God is orienting me to a knew way of seeing and sensing his presence. He is calling me to engage. Perhaps differently in this season, but my superpower is best activated and in play when I engage.
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—Lisa Zulke
#TheJourney #churchanywhere

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