By Maureen Miller

“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3 ESV).

There are times my mind feels as empty as the blank screen or page before me. Though I hold in my heart the call to write God’s messages, the only thing I sometimes manage is a good grasp of the pen or hovering fingers over a keyboard. I wait but nothing. Not a single word.

Perhaps I’ve forgotten something. In my eagerness to weave words to touch lives for the Lord, have I begun by asking him, What is it you would have me write, Father? What’s the message upon your heart? Have I called upon him, believing he’s promised to answer me?

I recently read a reflection from John Baillie’s classic A Diary of Private Prayer. The fifth morning meditation reminds us that God always has been and always will be. He never failed our ancestors, and he’ll not start falling short on our behalf now.

 But his people have a part to play, just as did the patriarchs, the prophets, the psalmists, the apostles, and the martyrs. Yes, even so this poor soul who now holds her pen, waiting for words to come.

As a Christian writer, just as the aforementioned folks of old, I’m called to act in order to experience results. And as Baillie so beautifully and wisely writes, we, too, must trust in the Lord; seek the Lord; rejoice in the Lord; wait uponthe Lord; and call upon the name of the Lord.

The ensuing results? As Christians—particularly for us as Christian writers—we won’t be put to shame; God will put his words upon our lips; he’ll be present in our songs; we’ll be filled with the Holy Spirit; he’ll be with us, even in flames of persecution.

Indeed, for the poor soul who calls upon the name of the Lord—asking him, “What shall I write, for your glory and the good of others?”—God will save us from every trouble.

 Yes, even from the trouble of writer’s block.

Everlasting Author, remind us quickly, lest we waste precious time, to call upon you and believe you will answer us and share with us those hidden things you’d have us write—for your glory and the good of our readers. Amen.

Maureen Miller—wife, mother of three, and Mosey to two—lives on Selah Farm, a hobby homestead nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina. With a passion for God’s Word, Maureen is an award-winning author and photographer, contributing as a guest blogger and to several online devotion sites, as well as to a variety of collaboratives. She prays to have eyes and ears open that she might experience God in the miracles of His created world and blogs weekly about what He has to say at www.penningpansies.com. Her debut novel is under contract with Redemption Press.