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| Have you ever wished God would let you know what was going on? Why did this or that thing happen in my life? Is there a purpose for that? We think how much better off we would be if we just knew what was going on. ---Most people have someone in their life that knows everything that is going on in their life. These people spend so much time either talking on the phone, MySpace or whatever that they know what's going on....Perhaps if we spent more time talking to God (AND listening)He would let us in on what is going on.That is exactly what it means to "pray hard." Talk to God without stopping. |
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Lisa C |
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July 18, 2007 at 8:20pm |
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| This is a good point! |
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Good point Norm. We can always talk to God more.
Still, there is a mystery about God...His ways are not our ways. For example, I felt led one time several years ago..."led" probably isn't the right word...it was much harder than that. I felt like God told me to open a new Christian Book Store in a town near Annapolis, Maryland. Everything fell into place just as if He has set it all up. We opened the store and were doing a good business for a couple of years. Then, business just slowed to a crawl. Financially, we had to walk away from it, so we closed it almost as fast as we had opened it. God and I had a lot of talks about this. It was a topic of conversation at many men's breakfasts. Did I miss what God had wanted? Why did the business fail? Did I NOT hear from God the first time? Then, I heard from God again. Rather simple this time, but, to me, rather profound. He came to me with a question..."if it was all for one soul, would it have been worth it? Yep. It sure would have. No more questions. I understood that His plan was totally different than mine. Sure, I needed to run a business, but once it had served His purposes, it was time to move on. As a business man, hard to swallow (we want all our businesses to be successful), but as a Christian, I can mark the success in a different way. Was the whole book store episode for one soul? I don't know. I will find out some day. |
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Norm |
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July 21, 2007 at 9:05am |
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| Good catch. I think we've all had "episodes." A friend and I opened a Tire Store years ago. I was sure it had all the blessings of God---you know Christian-owned and operated. Long-story short...that was the three most dismal years of my life. At the time of opening the store my relationship with God couldn't have been any better. The last two years I was involved with the business all I could muster up in prayer was "help." For the first time in my life, I learned failure and what it was like to be really needy (but I'm still not sure if that was what that episode was all about). Five or six years later God called me to preach. Didn't see that coming....---Be faithful in prayer...even if it's "help." |
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