Do you believe that God communicates with you?
For me, many of the questions I ask God involve trying to get out of whatever is happening in the moment. I can get a bit stuck on the whys and the whens and the reallys? I don’t think I’ve ever asked God why a certain day or event was so when it was joyful.
I have experienced what Annie F. Downs suggests, namely “sometimes just opening the lines of communication with God allows the Holy Spirit to lead [us] to the harder places.” When I’ve quieted my whining, I’ve experienced sudden new thoughts, a new question or a reminder of something I’d asked before.
In my experience, asking those harder, more precise questions often led me to take bold steps of faith, but interestingly the courage in me came along with the answer.
How do you feel about opening a communication like this with God? How do you feel about asking Him ‘hard questions’?
I love this. Opening the channels of communication. And LISTENING.
I am one for asking the same question over and over in different ways. Almost as though the more I say it the more God will hear. Which is, of course, nonsense. He hears me when I even say nothing.
It’s not so much asking the hard questions. Is listening to the answers. And as you say, Tifainé, quiet the whining. I am going to be simple and patient. I promise.
Praying we all get better at that 😉 love Tifainé
I have for a while now struggled with the fact that I see God’s faithfulness in every way except healing. And it is so hard to watch the people we love suffer. It is so hard to wait for a miracle day in and day out with no sign of progress, when you feel like God has promised said miracle. And I’m constantly just brought back to, “Am I faithful? Will you trust me?”
But I have also begun to ask this morning, “If you have promised this miracle, how can I partner with You to see this happen? What strategies of glory warfare can we step into together, Lord? I feel like I have been doggy paddling in circles around the boat. How do I get in the boat with you, Lord?”
You show such maturity in Christ, Megan. I’m trying myself to ask better questions, too. More towards the ‘what do you want me to do as I wait?’ or ‘How can I bring you glory in this season?’ Someday I do better than others! God is faithful, you are quite right. Some days we just need to tell him that we remember that. I think he understands when we that’s all we can do. Love Tifainé