Yet we wonder, where is God when times are hard? Where is He in my difficulties, where is He when I feel weak and defeated? Why don’t I hear an answer, why do I feel like nothing is happening, why do I feel alone?
Ladies and Gentlemen the Lord never leaves us, He never has, and He never will. The Lord doesn't change, He is the same God today as He was yesterday. The only thing that changes in our individual relationship with the Lord is us.
We change our perspective, we change our desires, we change our demands, we change our behavior- to work for our best interest, to work for what we want. We change how much time we give Jesus, how much time we pray. We change when we put God first, and when we ignore Him. We choose how much we talk to Him and how strong or weak our relationship is with Jesus. You see the only thing that changes our relationship with God is our effort, our part and our investment.
If you want God to work on your behalf, you must have a relationship with Him. You have to do your part in order for God to work in your life. To gain complete access to His promise, His blessings and His favor you must be connected to Him. In order for you to grow as a believer you must grow in your faith, your trust and your relationship with Jesus.
If you are missing something in your life, can I challenge you that God may need more from you....
more trust
more love
more prayer
more availability
more time in the word
more communication
more thankfulness
more faith
If you feel like you are at a standstill, that you have just stalled, and you feel like you are losing hope, step up your relationship with Jesus. Get more involved with the Lord. The deeper your relationship is with Him, the more connected you are to His plans and purpose for your life. The more fulfillment you will receive. You will gain insight, clarity and wisdom for what is to come, or for what you are waiting on. If you feel like your options are running low, start giving less to the world and more to Jesus. Evaluate what you give Him, be intentional in your relationship with Him, give Him more than you currently do.
He is ready to move mountains for you, but He needs more of you!
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Matthew 7:7-11
You are fearfully and wonderfully made
(Psalm 139:14)
Melissa
