Dawn1974 Posted May 19, 2013 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 116 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 425 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 145 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/31/1974 Share Posted May 19, 2013 There are times when I can very easily tell people to trust God. And there are so many times when I know intellectually to trust God. But sometimes when I am faced with difficult times unexpectly, I tend to question God. And I often ask, "Why is this happening to me?" Can anyone else related? Do you trust God at all times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyycuuup Posted May 19, 2013 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,384 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 155 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/20/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/22/1996 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Hey Dawn, I know how you feel. At times, we can boldly confess our strength in the Lord, but at other times we lose sight of His justice, mercy and overall being Good ALL the Time. You are not alone at all I do encourage you to read the book of Psalms, helps me ALOT- when I have doubts etc. Speaks to me loud and clear. Even though I tend to question, God is not impartial or unfair- Joy surely comes in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted May 19, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,992 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,690 Content Per Day: 11.78 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted May 19, 2013 I am only human and God knows that.Sometimes I get really scared when I am dealing with a serious issue.I pray to Him and tell Him exactly what is on my heart.I ask him to search my heart and to erase any doubts that I have.True faith is excepting that God is in control and has a perfect plan for our lives.Sometimes I will pray and pray about a very important problem and I get no answer.Lord where are you???It is very hard for me to sit back and be patient and know that His timing is not the same as mine.We are going though this journey on Earth on our way to Heaven.Their are some rough spots that we have to go through sometimes.We can't see Him but he is there.Life is full of choices and the Holy Spirit will lead us in the right direction if we ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 19, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,218 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,940 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted May 19, 2013 My favoriate prayer is to ask God not to let me mess up...... My wife has M.S. so we've learned to lean on him for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdemoss Posted May 19, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,402 Content Per Day: 0.98 Reputation: 2,154 Days Won: 28 Joined: 02/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/26/1971 Share Posted May 19, 2013 There are times when I can very easily tell people to trust God. And there are so many times when I know intellectually to trust God. But sometimes when I am faced with difficult times unexpectly, I tend to question God. And I often ask, "Why is this happening to me?" Can anyone else related? Do you trust God at all times? Dawn, I would love to emphatically state that I trust God at all times but my actions would convict me of lying. We should trust God at all times but the truth is that we don't. God is the one who has all power being omnipotent. He is sovereign over all the affairs of men. We have a tendency to ask 'Why are you letting this happen to me?' in a way that shows that we truly don't trust that God has our best interest at heart. We simply disagree that the things that are happening to us or our circumstances in life are happening for our best interest. We do not trust God. One day a man came out of his home to find a vast army of men outside. Now I don't know about you but my knee jerk reaction might be to begin to question God about 'Why is this happening to me?' all over again. But the man had faith in God and simply made a request of God that would not only help the entire army that was at his door but also help an entire nation of peoples as well. We who tend to think in a carnal selfish and self centered way often miss what God is doing and receive the things that happen in our lives as some sort of personal attack from God rather than an opportunity to do good works. You can read about the man above in 2 Kings 6. Our lives are specifically designed by God for the purpose of bringing us into a right relationship with him where we trust him to be God but it is a process of progressive sanctification. When a couple has a child they begin to develop a relationship with that child. Over the course of the child's life there are many things that happen and depending upon the parents ability to be proper guardians and the child's ability to receive their instruction a bond of trust develops that lasts a life time. The child must learn to trust the parents through experience. The parents must give the child reason to trust. God is a faithful father. He must do things which provide us with the means to build trust in him. That means that sometimes things must go wrong that we cannot of ourselves fix so that our reliance be upon him and in the end our faith be increased. But we must be able to receive by faith and subsequently build up our trust in him through our own lack of ability to deliver ourselves. For those who are not poor in spirit it hurts more than those who are humble. May God bless you with an increase in faith without much friction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted May 20, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,247 Content Per Day: 3.32 Reputation: 16,658 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted May 20, 2013 Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. The only few times I remembering really questioning God was after my dad died and I was going through some heavy grief. He was the last of my family but for a couple of cousins. I became very depressed for a few months and pretty much went to bed and pulled the covers over my head. The thing that had really sent me into the depression was that I had started gaining 5 lb a month but my eating habits had not changed. It was the straw that broke the camel's back. My metabolism had changed. It took time to come out of the other end of that dark tunnel . But eventually I concluded that life does go on. One time I was accused unjustly of wrongdoing on my job. I later learned that a woman who was mentally unstable had started it. But not knowing who was doing it and what might have been the reason for it really was hard to deal with. I was asking God why at that point, too. The first time that God chastened me was really hard. Again I didn't understand what it was all about. The person in Heb. 12 who had been chastened was me. I had been bulldozed, raked, diced, chopped up and spit out. Pride, self righteousness, defensiveness, all had to go. I felt like I wanted to get saved again and start all over. All through those tough times there was one thing that I continued to cling to. I saw no answers to prayer. The only things I could find in the Bible started with the word woe. Job's 3 friends were even there. But one thing I knew. God still loves me because while I was yet a sinner Christ died for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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