Bible Question:
Where is God? I have been actively seeking for at least five years now. I, and my family, was recently baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I have been regularly attending church for about a year now, and spend time in the word (though not as much as I should, I'm sure). But I still feel alone. Mathew7:7-8 7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. Jeremiah 29 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I have been seeking, I have knocked, I have prayed, I have aksed, I deisre nothing more than to know God. But even after all this I still doubt. I still question. i know that my doubt has made me a more knowledgable person, but what good is knowledge without God's presence? Where is God; why am I not allowed to know Him; how long must i seek before I can find Him? I feel no joy at the prospect of eternal life with Jesus. I want to. What else can I do, what have i left out? |
Bible Answer: Schoolman, I understand your situation well. I think at some point we have to stop knocking and asking and starting looking and listening for God in every situation. We have to look around us and say. Where is God in this situation and what is is He trying to say to me or teach me or ask me to do? I have found that helpful for the application of the Christian life in me. I also recommend praying the Psalms. You can't get too much of them. If you time is limited focus in prayer on the Gospels and Psalm in equal measure. Knowing God is not so much a head thing or an intellectual exercise as it is an exercise of the heart. I hope this helps you some. Emmaus |
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