One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land

by Priscilla Shirer

Something similar has happened in the “generational” neighborhood we call our own. With a church on every corner and a Christian radio station at nearly every point of the dial, with Christian bookstores in many shopping districts and more Bible resources available than ever, we’ve gotten so accustomed to the blessings of God, we’ve grown virtually deaf to His voice and blind to His presence. He’s met us so frequently with what we need—everything from putting food on our table to keeping us from catching the flu—that we typically don’t stop long enough to chalk up these daily benefits to His active care and provision. But not only that, if He were to do something uniquely interesting in our lives, if He chose to display Himself outside His usual pattern, if the train of His glory were to come through in some remarkable way, is there a good chance we wouldn’t even recognize it because we’ve lived in the neighborhood of His favor for so long? May we not become desensitized to God’s activity. May we stay keenly aware of the presence of God, even at night when the shadows are dim, even when listening for Him requires being able to pick out His gentle whisper in the silence, and even when we are walking through the in-between times. One-in-a-millions know that God has put them here—in this particular place, at this particular time—with certain things for them to experience. They’re not afraid to live through the in-between, development times because the muscles they’re growing ...