By Pastor Kolawole Amigun
Rooted Together Devotional | November Series: Rooted in Promise
Scripture Focus
“The Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.” — Romans 8:26 (NIV)
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.” — Job 1:21 (NKJV)
🌍 The Diaspora Reality Check
You left behind more than property, you left behind fluency, familiarity, and the ease of being understood. Now, the silence feels heavier than expected. You try to explain your story, but the context is lost. You pray, but the words feel foreign. You wonder, Did I trade connection for confusion?
⚖️ The Weight of Expectations
Back home, they call it “growth.” But here, it feels like erasure. You’re expected to adapt quickly, to speak clearly, to prove the transition was worth it. Yet your own voice feels muted. You’re grieving what you can’t express, but you’re not allowed to show it. The pressure to be articulate is silencing your pain.
🔍 The Redemption Lens
Job lost everything, but he didn’t lose his worship. You may have lost language, land, or legacy, but you haven’t lost your Advocate. Romans 8:26 reminds us that the Holy Spirit intercedes when words fail. Your grief is real, but so is your access to heaven. God is not indifferent to your silence. He hears the groans. He reads the tears. He understands the ache beneath the accent. What you cannot articulate, He translates perfectly.
🧭 The Compass of the Covenant
When isolation tempts you to withdraw, return to the altar of intimacy. God gave you language before and He will give it again. Your covenant is not tied to fluency or eloquence. It’s tied to His Spirit. The same God who heard you in your mother tongue hears you in your groans. Don’t measure your belonging by how well you speak. Measure it by how deeply you’re known.
🔗 The Power of the Hand-Off
The heaviest part of your silence is the feeling that you must explain, perform, or prove your worth. But you were never meant to carry that alone. Today, hand over the pressure to be understood. Your job is not to master the language, it’s to rest in the Spirit who speaks for you. When you release the burden, you reclaim the peace to live fully in the present grace of God.
✨ The New Metric
In the diaspora, fluency is often equated with arrival. But in the Kingdom, arrival is marked by surrender. You may not speak the dominant language perfectly, but you are fluent in the Spirit. Your success is not in grammar, it’s in grace. You are not rebuilding a vocabulary; you are rebuilding a life of communion.
✅ Action Step
Write down what you’ve lost, language, clarity, connection. Then, beside it, write:
“This is not my end. This is my altar.”
Pause in silence and surrender it to the Holy Spirit. Let that silence be your prayer.
🕊️ Blessing
May the Spirit who groans beyond language carry your silent prayers to the throne of grace. May the God who sees your sacrifice honor the altar of your surrender. May you be comforted in the spaces where words fail, and strengthened in the places where grief lingers. You are not forgotten. You are not forsaken. You are being established in sacred soil.
Go forth in peace, knowing that heaven hears you perfectly. In Jesus' name, Amen!
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