When The Door Slams
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. Isaiah 59:1-3 NKJV
You can believe in God yet lack faith that He cares enough to respond to you heartfelt prayers. Many men believe that God exists and sent His Son to die for their sins; they even concede that God answered prayers in old Bible times, but still, they have little faith that God still do.
They have been disappointed when past prayers were not answered, and this led them to believe that God does not involve Himself with people today except in truly unusual circumstances.
Religious people, basically believe that God has already done as much as He is ever going to do, and that is from here on. It is up to people to work hard, seize opportunities, and take care of themselves. This is a small wonder why, they don't bother to spend much time in prayer! There is no surprise that religious people end up thinking that they can pretty much manage life without God's help. They believe that they have to.
It is true that God expects you to work hard to provide for yourself and your family and that He expects you to think hard to solve many of your problems, but God is still very much active in the world today. God still helps the helpless. And He still helps ordinary people who find themselves in unexpected difficulties.
Think about this: If you want to trust God's plan for your life, then you must learn to trust His timetable. You will be tempted, however, to do otherwise. Because you are a fallible human being, you are impatient for things to happen. But God knows best. God has created a world that unfolds according to His own timetable, not ours . . . thank goodness! We mortals will make a terrible mess of things.
God's plan do not always happen in the way that we would like or at the time of our choosing. Our task as believing Christians who trust in a benevolent, all-knowing Father--is to wait patiently for God to reveal Himself. And reveal Himself He will. Always. But until God's perfect plan is made known, we must walk in faith and never lose hope. And we must continue to trust Him. Always, God cares. And Yes, God responds to those who earnestly seek Him. But you must continually seek Him and don't give up.
Petition: Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, Let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:14-16 NKJV).
Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the LORD and thank Him for His forgiveness.
Never Rest Ministries
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