Do you ever feel like this song, and just want the answers?
If there is victory, can you show it to me, Please?
Are you still there, holding the world in your hands?
Why can't I feel you right now?
How much longer do I have to wait Lord?
If we are being truthful in our hearts, YES we have felt this at one time or another. Maybe God has taken something precious and we don't understand why. Maybe God feels silent and it is heart breaking for us. Maybe we are waiting... tired of waiting... ready to move on... yet still waiting.
Maybe we feel hopeless and are just about ready to "let go"...
A book I am reading by Paul Miller, A Praying Life, and for me it seems to shed some light on this:
The Praying Life... Becomes aware of the story
"If God is sovereign, then he is in control of all the details of my life. If he is loving, then he is going to be shaping the details of my life for my good. If he is all wise, then he's not going to do everything I want because I don't know what I need. IF he is patient, then he is going to take time to do all this. When we put all these things together- God's sovereignty, love, wisdom and patience- we have a divine story. People often talk about prayer as if it is disconnected from what God is doing in their lives. But we are actors in his drama, listening for our lines, quieting our hearts so we can hear the voice of the Playwright. You can't have a good story without tension and conflict, without things going wrong. Unanswered prayers create some of the tensions in the story God is weaving in our lives. When we realize this, we want to know what God is doing. What pattern is God weaving?"
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