Why Isn't God Helping You?
What's holding you back? What is it that seems to have come
between yourself and your dreams of better relationships, better
finances, better jobs, better health, etc., etc.?
Why isn't God helping you? You cry out every night...God! I
can't take it anymore. This job is driving me nuts!... My back
is killing me!... How do I pay these bills!... What do I do?!
What are the Magic Words that you have to say in order to get
Gods attention? What is it that you can do to prove your worth
to God so that he will help you?
There are no Magic Words. There is nothing you can do to stand
worthy before God. God already sees you as totally worthy of
everything he has. Everything he has is already yours. You just
have to accept what he has already given you, and even though
you think all your begging and crying has proven you want what
he has for you, the fact that you don't have it is proof that
there is still something in the way.
I have come to a realization about how we are purposely turning
away from all the things that God is giving us. At any moment
you can choose to see where this is true for yourself as well.
Let me share how I was able to see this more clearly.
Just a short time ago, I felt there was never enough time. I
worked endlessly at building a business and it seemed that no
matter how hard I tried, I could never get things done. There
was always something else to do and the profits were never there
to make up for all the efforts I had put into the business. I
was seeking God's path most of the time and just did not
understand why this was happening to me. How is it that people
who don't even pursue God, have success when I'm trying so hard
and getting nowhere?
One day, after having started off with study and prayer, I felt
sure I would do so well. I placed God in the seat with me and
said "Let's get to work". The day was miserable. Everything went
wrong and I spent an entire day trying to fix a problem that
just would not go away. I was really angry at God and had to
question whether I was just talking to myself or if this eternal
God really existed.
That night, while talking about my day, I felt myself nearing
depression. I was just tired of trying and getting nowhere. I
thought to myself, "This day was a total waste and I'll be up
all night because I won't be able to relax."
Kaboom! A clear awareness came into my mind when I finally heard
myself think those words. I've been awake late at night for
years, tormented with not having accomplished anything that
day...tormented that what I did was not enough...and there you
have it...that was it... In one quick thought, I undid anything
of value I may have accomplished that day, ensuring I would
never be satisfied with what I had done, guaranteeing it would
not be profitable and proving to myself that I just did not have
enough. It's a circle that self-perpetuates and guarantees it's
own existence.
Having spent my day creating and building my business, I was
undoing all my hard work by simply not being satisfied with what
God has given me...by believing He did not help me enough or
give me enough. I was ensuring I would never have enough time by
being so sure that I didn't have enough time. I was ensuring
that the business would not succeed by assuring myself that what
I was doing was not good enough. I was doing this to myself the
whole time. How or why would God bless something I felt was
unworthy? God does not go against our will. That is our greatest
gift, yet we do things with our will that we don't understand
and then we blame God for the outcome. The answer is in
understanding that it is us and not God as the source of the
problem.
How did I fix this? I stopped creating new problems and started
being sincerely thankful for what I have accomplished instead of
being unhappy about what I have not accomplished. I chose to be
thankful. I chose to give thanks. I decided to give God a chance
to do something in my life by being thankful and open to where
he would take me. I realized that He can't take me anywhere when
I am unthankful, because then I will neither hear him nor see
his guidance.
So, how else do you apply this? Let's say you are stuck in a job
you can't stand. Do you complain all the time about how terrible
it is, yet stay there out of fear of leaving? How can you be
thankful for something so miserable in your life? You just need
to look at it differently. Be honest with God and tell him you
are not happy in your current situation and that you are open
and willing to listen to what and where he would have you go,
then, while doing that miserable job, be thankful for where it's
taking you. Be thankful for the fact that God is leading you out
of there.
God doesn't require your thankfulness, but he is unable to work
within your life effectively when you thwart his efforts by
being unthankful. He can't bless something you dislike. At the
same time, don't try to fool God. If you are not feeling
thankful, be honest and tell him you are not feeling thankful
and you would like help in seeing your situation in another way.
Life can be like making a trip down the highway. You're a
passenger going from A to B. God is driving, so you are not
really sure where or what B is. You can choose to let the blur
of trees and signs distract you and make you fearful and
resentful of the journey...eventually stopping the trip on your
own and getting out in a place you really shouldn't be. Or you
can choose to accept and trust that God knows what and where B
is and be thankful and attentive during the trip. God is taking
everyone, somewhere better, so don't be fearful or thankless
during the trip, because the trip teaches you what you need to
know so that you are prepared to arrive at B in the first place.
In a word...TRUST. To trust God is to let him drive.
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