Get Moving

Well friends, it's been a while.  I have been on many adventures,  some good, some not so good,  since our last time together.  I will share bits and pieces of those as we move forward.  I hope to get back to a more regular schedule of blogs in the days, weeks, and months ahead.  So let's waste no more time and "get moving".
If you are at all like me you probably don't remember reading, or just passed over Exodus 14:15.  Who could blame us, I mean, it is almost the very middle of the amazing story of God parting the Red Sea.  I recently came across it and noticed especially one phrase that stuck out to me for the first time.  Here is the New Living Translation's version, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving!'"  For some reason that day, I paid attention.  God was trying to get something through my thick and somewhat stubborn skull.  "Get moving!" 
I had been on a journey of denial and self pity for a while.  I was wondering why I wasn't as close to God as I used to and wanted to be.  I wondered why God didn't do something to make my life and heart closer to Him again.  I wanted some answers and wondered why God had suddenly become so silent.  Have any of you felt this way?  I know that, at least for me, this isn't the first time I had drifted away from my spirituality and wanted it back.  My faith, spirituality and closeness to God has always seemed like a roller coaster.  I am up and down, sometimes fast, like a quick drop that would take even  the strongest stomach,  and other times it is a slow and steady drop, as if a feather were floating in the breeze.  But I had been here before.
Why was God not doing something?  This verse had my answer.  It was like a slap in the face, or a splash of cold water on a hot day.  I had been doing my fair share of calling out.  I have told friends that I am sure God was tired of hearing my voice,  although I know God never tires of hearing from his children.  What I now realized I had been missing was action.  God wanted ME to do something, in other words, "get moving". 
In what I am sure was God's quiet still voice, he led me to other passages that call for action.  Passages like Matthew 4:19,  where Jesus said, “Come, follow me", and Jesus again in Matthew 7:7, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."  Jesus was full of words that called people to action like, " come", "follow", and "ask".  I am afraid that too many times I have seen my Christianity as more of a spectator sport and less of a battle that I am actively involved in.  I am thankful to God for opening my eyes to see and remember the comforting words of James 4:8, "Come near to God and he will come near to you."  I am so blessed to be able to serve such an awesome God that, even after all I have done, still wants to be close and have a personal relationship with me.  I just need to remember that sometimes God expects me to take that first step and "GET MOVING".  This is my first step, please share with me what steps you might be taking to strengthen your relationship with God.  I would also love to pray for you and with you.  We can make great strides in the Kingdom of God together.  Look me up on facebook, twitter, and instagram.  I would love to connect with you!  God bless you!