We just got back from a week at the beach.  One of the things I love most about the beach is that there’s so much movement… waves rolling onto the shore, the clouds overhead drifting by, the sand shifting in the wind, seagulls diving into the water for food… if you’ve been to the beach you know what I’m talking about.

I believe human beings are drawn to things that move.  Movement speaks to something deep in my soul that I think we all long for.  Movement reminds me that we’re on a journey, that our lives are not meant to be stagnant and inanimate.  Movement is meant to be part of life.

God Is Always On The Move

When God was leading the Isrealites out of captivity, he led them by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. When the pillar moved, they moved.

When God called Abraham, he told him to move out of the place he was and move towards somewhere that God would show him. Jesus himself moved from place to place. These examples all speak of physical movement, but the physical is often an incarnation of spiritual realities.

God is always on the move bringing about the restoration of his creation.  Always moving towards us, drawing us closer to Love.

One of the biggest moves of all times was the move that Jesus made from being with the Father in heaven to being a human on the earth. Ultimately this move was about the restoration of a broken, sinful humanity to God. Movement is the catalyst for change, and growth and new beginnings; God’s purposes coming alive in and through us.

Without movement, there would literally be stagnation and death. This is true in the physical sense and this is true in the spiritual sense. Movement is necessary to life at every level.  Healthy movement is about growth, vibrancy, and flourishing.  People, teams, organizations, or institutions that stop moving in ways that are necessary for ongoing growth and flourishing will not be able to stay viable.

God is on the move today. Knowing this fills me with hope because God doesn’t move alone. He invites me, he invites you, to move with him as He fulfills his purposes on the Earth.  The question for each of us is are we responding to God’s invitation to move closer, to move forward, to move as God leads?