I Will Not Be Moved

I will not be moved.

That phrase keeps rising, like bubbles breaking on the surface, from songs and scripture and readings I've done recently.  

It's what I've needed to embrace after a season of wrestling with God and myself about a multitude of things.  

Psalm 125:1-2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore.


I think back to my trips this summer, where 90% of my time involved setting my feet on rocks and being surrounded by mountains.  And yet spiritually, I felt I was floundering in the water, like my daughter who panicked in the deep Canadian lake waters and had to be rescued.  By me.  

Does God feel the same kind of pleasure/relief that I felt setting my shaking daughter's feet on the rock?  When he hears me say "I will not be moved," does He sing for joy, and rouse the angels for a chorus of glee?  
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For the Lord your God is living among you.  He is a mighty savior.  He will take delight in you with gladness.  With his love he will calm all your fears.  He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.
-Zephaniah 3:17



I was part of a healing prayer on Sunday.  My friend, Kelly, just learned that her breast cancer is back.  Stage 4. I was privileged to touch her knee and plead with God on her behalf.  On her children's behalf.  

I don't know if God will choose to miraculously heal her.  I promised Him that I would tell the story and sing the song, no matter what.  But I can tell you that something healed in me during those 2 hours.  The Rock beneath my feet rose up, a tectonic force pushing upward the great, heavy crust of my faith to form a mountain.  I rose up.  God came low.  The space between us was imperceptible.  I poured every passion and plea I had into Kelly, because, if nothing else, I wanted her feet to be firmly planted on the Rock of her Salvation, too.  


This song has spoken deeply to me.  Take a moment to listen.