Where Are You God
The prophet Habakkuk of the Old Testament cried out to God, "How long, O Lord, will I call for help, And you will not hear?"(1:2) How often have you felt that way? 'God, I keep praying and I don't hear anything. I can't see your hand working. Where are you?' Too often we go to God with an idea that we want Him to bless, instead of seeking His guidance over our idea. Or we take a situation to God and ask Him to fix it without checking to see what He might be trying to teach us as we go through it. I love the answer God gave Habakkuk in response to his plea. "Be astonished!" He said. "Wonder!" Might God be saying that to us? "Because I am doing something in your days," He said. God is at work, even if we can't see it.(1:5) Here's the part that really speaks to me though, "You would not believe if your were told."(1:5) God knows us. He knows how we operate. To the point that he tells Habakkuk, 'I am doing something amazing! So much so that you wouldn't believe it even if I told you.' Think about that for a moment. God is at work in your life to the point that even if He told you what the plan was, you wouldn't believe it. That is so cool! That is so God! We can rest in that!
Greg Tutwiler, CCLC, BCPC
Scripture verses are from the NIV unless otherwise indicated.
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Greg Tutwiler is a Certified Christian Life Coach (CCLC) a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor (BCPC), a member of the AACC, APPCA, IATM, and UNTCI, an Affiliate Coach and Certified Discipleship Coach with Blueprint For Life Institute, and an ordained minister with UNTC. Greg is also the author of the books, "Stand Your Ground," available at Amazon.com, Passages, and The Transformational Life Journal. You can visit his web site at www.freedomliving.org, or email him at coach@freedomliving.org. |
