Obscurities Glory
Dear Reader,
This message may not be popular and could poke at you a bit, so proceed with caution. You should know that I write this letter in love and I want you to lean in... You must learn to value your season of obscurity (which is not isolation). I’ll tell you why.
By definition obscurity is; the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or difficult to understand.
Have you ever felt like no one could see you or understand you or as though your value was being overlooked or even worse missed? To be praised is written in our nature so in seasons when the praise seems to be muted many have a hard time coping. An ‘unfruitful season’ is not just uncomfortable, but it literally goes against our nature we weren’t built to be unappreciated or ignored or fruitless.
Having to survive seasons like this is very difficult to do. A man who is not praised for his contribution is a man wrestling with the suggestion that perhaps life has no purpose and if he is a man aware of God’s greater power then he is at best wrestling to silence the taunting that screams ‘You’re being used!’ But is this our seasonal plot in life, our gym of survival development or is there something that we are missing? Could it be that God is speaking and we are not identifying His voice or even worse misquoting Him?
If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to witness does it make a sound or shake the earth? What value does a thing have if no one is there to ascribe value to it? Are you asking for too much when you need to be validated?
The truth is needing validation isn’t the real issue at play during obscurity, identifying the voice of the necessary affirmation is.
You see the value of a man is not found in the audience one can attract, nor the applause said audience offers because value cannot be ascribbed with the five senses. No, the value of anything, especially man, is found solely in its design. The design speaks of purpose and purpose points to a creator.
We must come to discover who God is by His revealing of self along the path He has chosen for us. Obscurity allows for your process to be private, for your kinks to be worked out with minimal commentary, and for your transformation to happen without the tainted perspective of too many others. Obscurity allows you to grow and transition and rest without the pressure to perform. And obscurity lends itself to your discovery of what God knows you to be. But if you do not understand this the chaotic flow and directionless rush of culture will convince you that if the world can’t see what you’re doing then your value is questionable.
Dear Reader, In winter, are trees bare? In winter are trees barren?”
May your eyes be opened to what God is using this season in your life for, may His strength align you with His glory and may you come to treasure who you are by masterful design.
Grace & Peace,
L O R I LaChelle