God's Point of View

God has been speaking a sentence to me over the last week, word by word or concept by concept, day by day and I still don't know if I've reached a period or a comma...but I'm enjoying the process. I'm listening to Him as He speaks about the importance of prayer and relationship with Him daily...and my heart's greatest desire is to grow deeper with Him through prayer. Sometimes I forget that prayer isn't just about talking to God but listening to Him as well. And how does He speak? Through His word and writings of others that work together to reinforce each other and give me peace and awe. 

Yesterday He started to show me how prayer is a way of gaining His point of view on the circumstances in my life. Rather than a horizontal view from my eye level, I can look vertically up to Him and He will either reveal His point of view and give me direction, or reassure me that His point of view is unobstructed and He is orchestrating events in my life that will take me to the place He wants me to be...if I will be still and trust Him. I have to admit, it's far easier when He lets me know the details...but knowing all the details would not only be an awful burden in some circumstances, it would also not build my faith. So what do I do when I don't get answers or direction? I remember Who He is and I find peace in the knowledge that God is good and that He is always for me. He always wants what is best for me and He has a plan for my life to prosper me, to give me hope and a future. If I insisted on His proving Himself to me by giving me what I wanted when I wanted it, I'd miss the best part...seeking Him, finding Him and knowing Him to a greater degree. If the answers were just always there, I wouldn't have to seek. And if I didn't have to seek, I'd miss out on ALL that I'd find along the way, and I'd be poorer for it. I'd be weaker in faith and lack a depth in my relationship with He who created all things...and me. Sometimes I whine and dig in my heals and sit down and refuse to move along the way. But He is patient with me...because He made me just the way I am and He knows that part of my maturation in Him involves a little wrestling. 

Do you know that God is good? Do you know that He is Love? That He cares for you? That His promises and His plans are true and right? If you can't say yes to each of those questions, I encourage you to read His Word, The Bible. From cover to cover it is a love letter from Him to all whom He created and it will change you in ways you never knew you wanted or needed. He is perfect peace in a world of chaos. I spent more than half my life doing life without Him...the last 10 years have been so much sweeter.