I’m in a weird spot. You know when you get to a point where a decision needs to be made and you’re like “what if I make the wrong one?” I’m there.
There’s a parable about “The Drowning Man” out there floating around (no pun intended). Basically, it’s about a guy who is stuck on his roof in a floor and prays to God for help. A couple of different ways come by to help him – he declines them all, saying basically, “No, I’m good. God is going to help.” End of the story, he dies. He gets to Heaven and asks God, “Why didn’t you save me?” To which, God replies, “I sent you multiple ways and you declined them all.”
There are days when we are faced with a decision that we can feel like that. God sends us answers, signs, clarity, and it’s not written in neon flashing lights, so we can’t see that God is in it. We keep wondering what to do. I have these moments with God and when I pray, I sometimes ask Him to be crystal clear. Make the answer so “unmissable” that even an idiot can see it. I talk about the choices, but I’m also careful who I talk to. I know some people will shut me down immediately because they want to see me go a way they think I should go. To which I typically remember Matthew 16:23.
I found a book that I really liked that reminded me of this situation, but had so much more in it. You can purchase that book here if you’d like!
| Meet Me Where I Am, Lord: 90 Days to Know Him Deeper By Cindy K. Sproles / Iron Stream Nothing is more important than our relationship with the Father. But we are a weak, frail, and floundering people. At times our wandering seems endless, and our prayers repetitive and empty. The void within our hearts burns for fulfillment, and the desire to feel worthy for a deeper relationship with God cries out. This is when we call to Him. “Meet me where I am, Lord. I must start, but the mountain seems too high, the cliffs too steep. I am at the foot, scraping my nails into the rock and reaching.” To know Him better, we understand we need Him to take a willing heart in hand and begin at the bottom. In these ninety-days of reflection, you will meet God where you are. Meet Me Where I Am, Lord is a refreshing way to enter the throne room and feel the touch of an ever-present God. |
It’s been a good read, too, given I’ve read this a few times since being diagnosed.
What I have found is that regardless of the question, the situation, God always provides. He isn’t silent. He may have answered you already, and you may have “missed the boat” that He sent, but He didn’t decline to answer you (or save you, as in the parable above). So that’s where I’m at: remembering that though the conversation feels one-sided today, it isn’t. Verse after verse in the Bible references where God listens. Psalm 66:18-20, 2 Kings 20:5, Deuteronomy 26:7, Psalm 55:16-17, 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:29, Psalm 34:17, 1 John 5:15 – and I am sure there are many, many more.
What I have learned is that if something is important to God, you’ll find it mentioned a lot. I’m gathering that reminding us He hears us is pretty important. But what I’m also gathering is that talking to Him (prayer) is equally important, as it opens the doors of communication with you and The One who breathed the very life into your lungs. There are days this feels like a solo battle. I need to remember that it isn’t me vs. the world. But, on that note: send me your preferred books on Biblical decision-making. I’d love to see how others have approached it, too.
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