Here I am alone in a hotel room after Thrive Conference, Day One. This is, of course, thanks to having a loving husband who is always looking out for me. I have spent the last bit letting the messages from today play over in my head. There were so many great moments and so many important messages…things that I KNOW I was meant to hear. However, the one message that keeps coming up was the one given by Louie Giglio. He spoke of the Posture of Possibility. There were so many great points and his message was profound and powerful and important for more reasons than I could even begin to explain. However, the importance of this is NOT in what Louie had to say, but rather in what God has had to say to me tonight in this hotel room.
Where do I start? Well, let’s start in the verse that he referred to in his message today. Matthew 26:39 (CSB): “Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will’.
Wow.
There are more truths in that one verse than I could even begin to list tonight….but I will share a few things revealed to me in this quiet moment tonight. First, Jesus….my Savior….Jesus…the Son of God…Jesus…the Messiah….Jesus fell FACE DOWN before God and prayed. Louie spoke today about falling face down in prayer and time with God and how that posture…that position prevents you from being distracted from the world. Until that moment, I had always seen the position of being face down before God as being one of reverence and humbling myself before God. It had not really occurred to me that this also would serve the purpose of blocking out the distractions of the world. There are no computers, or phones, or kids, or work, or anything else between my face and ground when I take that position. There are no distractions to keep me from feeling the presence of God and hearing His voice. I know this because tonight I tried it. Do you know what I found in that position with my face on the ground before the Almighty God? I found a peace…a calm…a warmth that flooded my entire being. My heart began to cry out and my mind was silenced. I felt a love that words cannot even begin to describe. For the first time in a while, I knew, beyond any shadow of doubt, that I….Kathy Lopez….was important to Him…the creator of the Universe. He reminded me that I do have a purpose and He will direct my path and show me that purpose, if only I will ALLOW Him to do so.
What? Allow Him? He can do anything. He created the world. He holds it all in His hands. He has been waiting for me to ALLOW Him. Yes, I have been opening myself up to Him and following paths that have been laid out before me but there have been some struggles in my heart and mind recently that have planted some seeds of doubt. Struggling with physical issues with my MS and mental struggles with anxiety and hurt and pain from my past have made me question so many things. Tonight, on that hotel room floor, He met me. He reminded me that even Jesus struggled when facing his coming death on the cross. He does not expect me to not experience some fear related to what the future may hold. However, He does expect me to trust in Him and trust in His will. ‘Not as I will, but as you will’.
The lesson for me? Go ahead and cry out to Him. Go ahead and pour out my fear and anxiety. Do all of it face down on the ground before Him and then TRUST IN HIS WILL. Why? Because His will is always perfect. His will is always best. His will will always give HIM the glory.
What if face down is right where I am supposed to be?
The Journey 
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