"Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3). God urges us to call upon Him so He can show us things beyond our wildest imagination. Things that are necessary for our growth and development of character. Things that boggle our minds and cause us to be distressed. He is the God of all creation who holds all the wisdom ever needed. He eagerly holds all our answers and is ready to deliver them to us as we call upon Him. But He wants to talk With us, not just listen to us! He created us(male and female) so He could walk and talk with us in the cool of the day, as noted in Gen 3. Wouldn't it be wonderful to walk and talk with Him today; to be called a "friend of God?" Friends who can share anything and everything with! that's what God wants from you and me today, a Friendship, a Divine Relationship, Father to Child - Child to Father!
We all have come to learn the value of Prayer as we make our petitions known to God; but learning to wait and listen to Him is an ongoing development. Undisturbed, dedicated time, just you and Him, in no hurry; now that's building a divine relationship. So when you consider your relationship with God, is it just prayer, or is it as friends? Is He someone you can tell anything and everything to, share your secrets with, and no He hears and will answer? And if you are true friends, shouldn't you wait to hear what He has to say as well? Do you go in prayer as a servant to your King, or have you built a relationship with Him that allows you to go to Him as your Best Friend, as Abba Father?
Even though Jesus is our Lord and Savior, Our King, He told His followers in John 15:15 NIV, "I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me." Jesus wants His followers to know Him as their Friend. He has confided in us His deepest secrets and even now, Holy Spirit continues to make all things known to us as we call upon Him. He is the dearest Friend we will ever have or ever need. He is accessible 24/7, never out of range, and never too busy to hear us when we call. He is Always with us, even as we call out to Him; and that's His promise to us with a Lifetime Guarantee, written in blood! So hadn't you rather have a friendly conversation, a divine relationship with a Friend, rather than a simple prayer?\
Bear in mind His answers don't always come quickly, and more often than not, they will take some time to deliver; but when He answers, it's never late, it's never wrong, and it's always perfect and at the right time. He declares in Isaiah 55:8,9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," saith the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." God has great plans for our future and wants only the Best for His Child as He declares in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." It's when we don't listen to Holy Spirit trying to guide us, and we get so impatient waiting, trying to handle things on our own; that we cause negative things to occur in our lives.
The negative results were not caused by God, but from our lack of patience in Him to answer the way we thought He should! If we really want to fulfill His plan for our lives, we must learn to have faith that in His time and in His way, He will answer our requests in the way that is Best for everyone involved. Even when we make messes out of our lives from being so impatient, He still takes those messes and turns them around for our good. It's when we finally stop interfering and allow God to work things out for our good, that our messes become a message and our tests become a testimony, I believe that's what Paul learned and was teaching in Romans 8:28,"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
I pray you enjoy a divine relationship with your Heavenly Father, knowing our Lord Jesus is at His right hand making intercessions for you as needed, so you can rest in His loving mercy and unending peace as you wait upon Him to meet your every need. God loves you and so do I~~~
We all have come to learn the value of Prayer as we make our petitions known to God; but learning to wait and listen to Him is an ongoing development. Undisturbed, dedicated time, just you and Him, in no hurry; now that's building a divine relationship. So when you consider your relationship with God, is it just prayer, or is it as friends? Is He someone you can tell anything and everything to, share your secrets with, and no He hears and will answer? And if you are true friends, shouldn't you wait to hear what He has to say as well? Do you go in prayer as a servant to your King, or have you built a relationship with Him that allows you to go to Him as your Best Friend, as Abba Father?
Even though Jesus is our Lord and Savior, Our King, He told His followers in John 15:15 NIV, "I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me." Jesus wants His followers to know Him as their Friend. He has confided in us His deepest secrets and even now, Holy Spirit continues to make all things known to us as we call upon Him. He is the dearest Friend we will ever have or ever need. He is accessible 24/7, never out of range, and never too busy to hear us when we call. He is Always with us, even as we call out to Him; and that's His promise to us with a Lifetime Guarantee, written in blood! So hadn't you rather have a friendly conversation, a divine relationship with a Friend, rather than a simple prayer?\
Bear in mind His answers don't always come quickly, and more often than not, they will take some time to deliver; but when He answers, it's never late, it's never wrong, and it's always perfect and at the right time. He declares in Isaiah 55:8,9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," saith the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." God has great plans for our future and wants only the Best for His Child as He declares in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." It's when we don't listen to Holy Spirit trying to guide us, and we get so impatient waiting, trying to handle things on our own; that we cause negative things to occur in our lives.
The negative results were not caused by God, but from our lack of patience in Him to answer the way we thought He should! If we really want to fulfill His plan for our lives, we must learn to have faith that in His time and in His way, He will answer our requests in the way that is Best for everyone involved. Even when we make messes out of our lives from being so impatient, He still takes those messes and turns them around for our good. It's when we finally stop interfering and allow God to work things out for our good, that our messes become a message and our tests become a testimony, I believe that's what Paul learned and was teaching in Romans 8:28,"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
I pray you enjoy a divine relationship with your Heavenly Father, knowing our Lord Jesus is at His right hand making intercessions for you as needed, so you can rest in His loving mercy and unending peace as you wait upon Him to meet your every need. God loves you and so do I~~~
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