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Even in the silence and unanswered prayers – God is with me

A PROMISE FROM MY GOD:

Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

GOD’S MESSAGE FOR ME TODAY:

There have been many times that when we felt as if our prayers were answered with silence.

Our heart cried and we have pleaded many cases to God dahil sa pandemic at marami pang mga issues only to feel as if we had no response.

We went to God in prayer in times of illness, in times of stress and oppression, and even times of death of our loved ones, pero we feel all of those prayers fell on deaf ears.

IT IS ONLY WHEN I AM AWAY FROM GOD THAT WHEN SUFFERINGS HIT ME, I FELT THAT ALL MY PRAYERS FALL ON DEAF EARS,

I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THE DAY WHEN MY LIFE TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TWIST, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD, THESE SITUATIONS HAVE TURNED MY LIFE UPSIDE DOWN,

MY UNIMAGINABLE SUFFERINGS HAPPENED AND THESE DIDN’T JUST STRIKE ONCE BUT THEY LINGERS AND THEY ARE PAINFUL,

THE JOURNEY OF MY SUFFERINGS DON’T MAKE SENSE AND I KEEP ON ASKING GOD, “WHY?” I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT EVERY TIME I ASK GOD, I KNEW MY GOD IS THERE BUT HE IS SILENT,

ANG SAKIT AT ANG SAKLAP NG PAKIRAMDAM KO DAHIL PARANG WALANG NAKIKINIG SA DAING KO,

BUT AS I STAY IN FAITH AND OBEY HIS WORD, GOD DID NOT ALWAYS GIVE ME AN ANSWER BUT HE DOES GIVE ME…HIMSELF,

MY PROBLEM WAS LESS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND MORE ABOUT HIS SILENCE,

Psst. God knows better than I do, better than what I need. I think I need an answer, but what I really need is the presence of God.

Sometimes I just need to know He is there. It’s His presence that I need.

When God is silent…I still go into His presence in prayer, into His Word. I walk in His ways and I do not depart from His commands. I treasure His Words over everyone else’s.

Warren Wiersbe said: “When God puts His own people into the furnace, He keeps His eye on the clock and His hand on the thermostat. He knows how long and how much.”

Dati, I go into the furnace of affliction and it burns me kasi I question God; others times, I go in and my experience purifies me. What makes the difference? My attitude towards the Word of God and the will of God.

As I am nourished by the Word and as I submit to His will, my furnace experience, painful as it may be, has refined me and made me better.

Every time I resist God’s will and fail to feed on His truth, the furnace of affliction burned me and made me bitter.

Kaya I don’t let myself become burnt and bitter by the fire of my trials. I just surrender myself to God’s plan for my life,

I just trust in His sovereignty and goodness and hold fast to His ways.

Even in the silence and unanswered prayers – God is with me. I let His presence be enough.

MY PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Father, thank You that even in Your silence, Your presence is felt. Thanks that I got You in my difficulties, I can go to You. You are my refuge. Thanks. In Jesus name amen.