Why?

Why?
Words that come from the lips of children. "Why?"
They ask for answers that try our patience especially when we don't have answers.
I have a question.
Why is it that we have this disconnect between what we read in Scripture and what we see in our daily lives?
We read verses that tell of wondrous things that God has done.
We read how He intervened in the affairs of men and nations.
We read how He raised up nations and governments while at the same time brought others to destruction.
Why don't we see that today........in our time?
Maybe it is because we don't truly believe.
We are overwhelmed by information that comes at us at the speed of light. Never has a generation had access to information as we do. You couple that with a nation that has turned its focus inward (to seek only the betterment of self) and you have the makings of a people who cannot see God (what He is doing to carry out His plans for His Kingdom). I'm not here to say that all are blind, but time after time in Scripture when times were hard, God keeps referring to His remnant. Those few who have not accepted the lifestyle and ways of the world, but rather have chosen to live for and follow the directives of God.
Maybe we don't see God because we don't really look for Him anymore.

Job 33:13-14 reads:
For God does speak---now one way, now another---
though man may not perceive it.
In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds.

The scripture goes on to relate that God speaks to turn men from their sin and evil ways so that they may be saved.
Maybe we just don't believe that God truly speaks to us as individuals. We go to church to hear someone else tell us what God is saying. We go to conferences to hear someone else tell us what God is saying. We buy the latest, greatest books and Cd's or download into our I-pods and MP3 players what others are saying so we can understand what God is communicating. Why don't we think God would speak to us? Are we afraid to hear for ourselves? Is it too scary, the very thought that God would have something to say to me? Are we fearful that He might ask us to do something that we really don't want to do? I'm not sure what the reason is, but we have this disconnect between what we read of God in Scripture and what we expect and see in our daily lives.

The one thing I hold true too is that God does speak.
He has done so in my life and has directed me with His plans.
I don't always get it right.
But I had rather err on the side of trying to hear God than ignoring Him all together.
How do we remedy this malaise that seems to have infected the church?
Ask God to speak to you directly.
Ask Him to open up the Scripture and give you wisdom and sight so that you might understand.
He has already given you the most important tool to hearing Him speak...........He has put within you His Holy Spirit.
When we begin to "listen" to Him, the Bible comes alive and suddenly you will find yourself with an appetite that seems to be insatiable. The more you study........the more you read......the more you will hear and then see God around you.

Don't ever doubt that God doe not speak anymore.
Don't ever doubt that God no longer interjects Himself into our time and space.
He is at work this morning in your town.......in your home........in your live to bring you under the covering of His kingdom.
Open your heart and listen.
Know that He is God.

God on you.................today!
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