Donald Wickham’s Blog

Have you every tried to get God to do something?  To give an answer or to take some action?  Come on, sure you have.  I know I have.   I think we do this a lot more than we think we do.  Perhaps unconsciously, but nevertheless, we try.

We search the Bible for how to get God to act.  We look for the “secret” that must be in there, don’t we?  After all, the Bible says that Elijah was a man, just like us, and he prayed and it didn’t rain for some 3 years.  So all we have to do is find out how Elijah prayed and pray that way and God has to come thru, doesn’t he?

We also look to rituals for the answer.  If we read so many chapters, or pray for so many minutes (or hours), or fast for so many days, God will have to answer, won’t he?  Why do people do pilgrimages?  Or even go into Christian service.  Some are trying to get God to do something for them.  It might just be trying to get God to accept and love them.  But it is still trying to force God to do something.

I’m in a season where God is being fairly quiet, as far as speaking to me.  I find myself getting anxious and looking around for what I need to do to get him to respond to me.  Maybe read the Bible more, pray more etc.  It really comes down to fear and trust.  Do I trust that my Father wants what’s best for me?  And that he is fully capable to do it?  That he loves me completely and accepts me?  Or do I need some response from him to make me feel secure?  That is fear driving me, not trust.

Jesus tells us to just ask.  To be specific as we ask but then trust not only that our Father hears but that he will provide and act in the best for us.

Can we come to him and let him decide how he will respond?  The when and the how?  Letting him be God?  Trusting him.  I choose to.

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