Invisible God?
I’ve been thinking a lot the past couple days about my life and in particular my last blog about God speaking. I guess things are getting better for me to some extent, yet at the same time this was a hard weekend, and when I say hard, I mean not good. Trying to find some peace of mind, I went to the Scriptures this morning to try and find some word from God on what I should do going forward, or if nothing else argue with God about my life.
As I said in my last blog, I believe we should take all the advice we get, etc. and take it back to Scripture, but there is a danger in solely relying upon that. The danger is that we begin thinking that we are worshiping an invisible God because we are getting most of our information about life from a piece of paper or book to be exact. Sometimes I feel like that though, especially when I have gone through a tough time like this past weekend or am going through any tough time in my life.
So anyway, as I was waiting to get my physical for some new insurance I just took out I began reading in Psalms. I got to Psalm 115, and I was shocked at what I began reading. Verses 2-8 said this, “Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats. Those who make them will be like them and so will all who trust in them.”
In other words, we will become like that which we worship. So, if we create a God or begin thinking that God is lifeless and silent, we will begin holding a lifeless religion and worshiping a lifeless God that offers nothing but silence. I dang sure don’t want that! I want to worship the God that is “the way, the truth, and the LIFE (John 14:6),” not the God who is LIFE-less!
So here I am, wondering where God is or why God isn’t audibly talking to me. Hopefully I am not the only one here looking for God to speak! I don’t know where you all are with this subject of God still speaking. Maybe you have been taught that God doesn’t speak anymore, or don’t believe God speaks anymore because so many weird Christians and others have said God spoke to them only to find out later that what God told them was pretty whacky or was more narcissistic than anything. Despite all the weird people out there who seemingly hear God say to do crazy things in their life, I still believe God speaks and that God can speak and not say to do something absolutely absurd. God isn’t currently speaking to me, but I know that when God does speak, as absurd as I think it may be, I don’t believe it will contradict what He has already revealed in Scripture.
After I sat and thought about the whole “where is God?” in my life question, I continued to read on in this psalm. As I got to verse twelve I couldn’t help but break down and shed a few alligator tears. It said this, “The Lord remembers us and will bless us.” Even now my eyes begin to fill with tears at how so badly I need to hear that today. The reality for us all is that God knows when we feel isolated, alone and abandoned, depressed by problems or struggling with self-worth. But be encouraged with me today! God will speak to us for He remembers us and He loves us! Oh, I can’t wait for God to speak, for after God speaks, people are never the same. Praise the Lord!