Is this Divine Intervention?
Jul 4, 2014 19:21:22 GMT -7
Post by monkeyandbananas on Jul 4, 2014 19:21:22 GMT -7
It is two in the morning and I can’t seem to go to sleep so I decide to open the scriptures. I flip to the book of James and as I’m reading, I’m just FASCINATED! One verse that really really hits me and relates to one of the current situations that I've gotten myself into lately, is found in chapter 4 verse 3. It reads “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” I literally sat there for a good five minutes just reading this verse over and over again. I was like God, what exactly are you trying to tell me right now? That was kind of a rhetorical question because I knew EXACTLY what He was telling me.
I've made it a priority of mine to share with God every crush that I have. (Yes I’m fully aware He already knows hehe) I tell Him all the things I like and dislike about the guy and then I ask Him if I should pursue the guy. Well there is this one guy that I’ve taken a fancy to for quite a while now and I've been praying to God about him and asking God if this guy is worth my time. Although I was asking God for his blessing, in the back of my mind I was already taking God’s answer as a yes. I wanted it to be a yes because I wanted to go after this guy for my own selfish reasons and for all the wrong reasons too. I found myself getting a little angry with God because although the guy seemed to feel the same way for me, the “relationship” wasn't going ANYWHERE.
Reading this verse, however, stopped me dead in my tracks. Literally. Like the verse says, I was just not receiving what I wanted from this guy because I was asking God with ALLLL the wrong motives so that my selfish pleasures could be fulfilled. God is definitely telling me that He sees right through me and isn't prepared for me to get what I want until I learn that His will ALWAYS prevails. Yes, ALWAYS, my fellow prodigal sons and daughters. Like wow, I didn’t know things could get this deep at 2 am haha.
I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me out with this. Even if you can’t offer me any piece of advice, I ask that you just pray for me. Matters of the flesh are NEVER easy to handle, as we all probably know.
I've made it a priority of mine to share with God every crush that I have. (Yes I’m fully aware He already knows hehe) I tell Him all the things I like and dislike about the guy and then I ask Him if I should pursue the guy. Well there is this one guy that I’ve taken a fancy to for quite a while now and I've been praying to God about him and asking God if this guy is worth my time. Although I was asking God for his blessing, in the back of my mind I was already taking God’s answer as a yes. I wanted it to be a yes because I wanted to go after this guy for my own selfish reasons and for all the wrong reasons too. I found myself getting a little angry with God because although the guy seemed to feel the same way for me, the “relationship” wasn't going ANYWHERE.
Reading this verse, however, stopped me dead in my tracks. Literally. Like the verse says, I was just not receiving what I wanted from this guy because I was asking God with ALLLL the wrong motives so that my selfish pleasures could be fulfilled. God is definitely telling me that He sees right through me and isn't prepared for me to get what I want until I learn that His will ALWAYS prevails. Yes, ALWAYS, my fellow prodigal sons and daughters. Like wow, I didn’t know things could get this deep at 2 am haha.
I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me out with this. Even if you can’t offer me any piece of advice, I ask that you just pray for me. Matters of the flesh are NEVER easy to handle, as we all probably know.