Are we Cave Dwellers, without knowing it?

I’ve been watching Elevation Church, just recently.
This weeks (at the time of writing this) was,
Come Out Of The Cave-Pastor Daniel Floyd-Elevation church.

Pastor Daniel was talking about the time just before Gideon. Judges chapter 6. The Israelites had gone astray and The Lord had given them over to the Midianites. It was so bad for the Israelites, that they were living in caves.

Pastor Daniel Floyd’s basic message was, come out of the cave and step into the good that God has for you. (There was a more to the message than just that. 🙂 )

As I was reading some of the comments of “I’m coming out of the cave of ……” I kind of thought, “I’m not really in a cave at the moment.”
But then I thought, “Or am I in a cave, but it’s so comfortable that I don’t recognise it as a cave???”

Pastor Daniel had said that all the Israelites were in the caves, and that they may have grown used to the caves, and even possibly found some comfort in them. The Israelites might even have felt more safe and secure in the caves.
But the caves were not where they were meant to be.

Which leads me to the title of this post of, “Are we Cave Dwellers, without knowing it?”

If we are in a situation long enough, then do we just accept it as the norm?
Even if it’s not where we should be?
Even though it’s that much less, than what we should be experiencing?

Do you feel that you are living the abundant life of blessings that you feel you should be?
I know that I quite often feel that there should be more, in some way. Is this because I am living in a cave of some sort, that I don’t even recognize?

So, do I actually need to step out of the cave, that I’m struggling to even see, in order to step into all the goodness that My Lord God Almighty has for me?

Stepping out of a cave. and going out into the open, where enemies could be waiting, is a bit of a daunting proposition. But, if The Lord Your God is telling you to go….. then you’re not going in your own strength. You’re going in His Strength!
Now that puts a different slant on things.

We have a need to keep in step with Our Lord God, and as we do this, then can we expect to see that much more of His Kingdom, opening up before our very eyes?
If we can keep in step to the Beat of His Drums, then how much more will we see?
If we can be carried along with Him instead of carried away by ourselves, then again, how much more will He show us?

We all may long to see miracle’s, signs and wonders, but do we need to shift our longing to see more of Our Lord God Almighty instead?

Are miracle’s, signs and wonders, just the train of His robe?
Is it just the train of His robe that you are longing to see?
Shouldn’t we be fixing our eyes on The One who goes before the train of His robe?
Our Lord God Almighty!

My Lord God Almighty,
Please help me to see, know and follow You that much more.
Please help me to step out of any cave that I might be hiding in and to follow Your leading that much more closely.
Please help me, to be one who hears, knows and follows Your Voice, that much more.
My Loving Heavenly Father.
Amen.