the words of my mouth and the mediations of each heart here be acceptable in your sight, oh, God.
Listening for God in our lives is
something that we have hard time doing. God may be presenting us with answers to prayer and we dismiss it
because we are expecting something else. We forget that God is unexpected,
mysterious, eternal, and intimate. We forget that God may be standing right in
front of us and we do not see God because we are looking up or down or
sideways. We do not always trust ourselves or God enough to listen.
A man heard that his
neighborhood was flooding due to a heavy rain storm. He got down on his knees
and prayed to God: “Dear God, save me from the coming flood!” The waters began
to rise and a truck came by and the driver said, “Get in and I’ll drive you to
higher ground.” The man said no, God would save him. The waters continued to
rise. A woman in a boat rowed by. She called, “Jump into the boat and I will
row you to safety.” The man said no, God would save him. The floodwaters
continued to rise. The man was perched on the roof of his house. A helicopter
flew by and let down a rope for the man to grab onto. “I will fly you to
safety,” yelled the pilot. “No.” the man said, “I am waiting for God to save
me.” The man drowned. He got to the heaven
hopping mad. “What are you doing here?” God asked. The man said, “God! I am mad
at you! I asked you to save me from the flood and you did not!” God smiled and
said, “I sent you a truck, a boat and helicopter? How much more saving did you
need?”
From the above story it is very clear that God's way of thinking is different from ours. In
God says:
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and faith in god alone doesn't save any person, he has to do his work according to the God's will for his life, The scripture says: in |
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
So we should trust in God and know that he listens to our prayers and he does things according to his way and at the right time he will help, we will be able to know his way only by choosing to live like Jesus Christ. Through being patient and humbling ourself before him. Listening to his voice, responding to it and doing according to his will, though sometimes we may not understand everything, but doing all things good unto his eyes is the best way. |
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