We all want God to do amazing things in our life. We pray to God and ask God for that. Well, I hope you do. I hope you don’t pray to God and ask Him to hurt you. The good news is God wants to bless you, for many though it seems like God doesn’t want to do things.
The top three reasons I get from skeptics is: God is not real. God is fake. God is imaginary. From believers the answer I get to this question is, well something is wrong in your life, or it is not His will, or that God does not move that way anymore.
The thing is all these answers are wrong, and God is saddened because God absolutely wants to do amazing things to benefit you over and over again like He did for those in the Bible still today.
It all comes down to the fact that God interacts with us in a relationship. What is the most important thing needed for a good relationship. Good communication. Good communication is honest but also it must be open. Open means that everything is on the table, nothing is held back. Open also means that you are willing to listen to the other person’s point of view.
In every relationship something will happen. We are human. But what do we do? We go “yep, I did that, it was my bad. I know. I can handle it”. And then usually this comes out, “at least I was honest about it”.
The thing is, just being honest is really the least you can do and that really isn’t much. Many say that because they want the other person in the relationship to leave them alone. The point of being in a relationship is that by being together, you both are better.
We do that with God so often. We don’t want to admit to our mistakes and when we do, we really don’t want God’s input. Our communication is pretty selfish. We are not open at all. We are not putting it all on the table. Yet, when people do pray, they want God to put it all out there for them, but they think it is OK to hold back on their end. And they wonder why they don’t hear from God. When we pray, and we are not open, we disrespect God, and why should God respond the way we want Him to. The answer is God shouldn’t, but He still loves us and wants to, He is just waiting for us to be honest and open with Him.
We want all this but have no desire to hear His opinion and His advice. Why, because then we would need to change things in our life. We don’t usually want to do that. The thing is God only wants the best for you. He is never going to give you advice that will harm you. He loves you.
Now some will say well God knows everything why doesn’t God just tell me what to do. The answer once again is God wants a real relationship with you. He wants to know that you want that. He could just wave His hand and do all you want, but that would do no good for your relationship.
Ever heard the phrase money can’t buy love. It has been proven over and over. God doesn’t want to buy your love; He wants you to want His love. He wants a two-way street in this relationship. God desperately wants to make your life awesome, but if you are not willing to be open with Him, He is not going to force you. He is also not going to waste His time when you have no intention of actually taking His advice to make your life better.
God absolutely loves you and wants to answer you, and then do even more than you asked for, because He wants to shine through you (2 Corinthians 1:20, For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.)
But God wants to know if you really want a real relationship with Him. And that takes good communication. And God communication means we are not just honest, but open as well.
When you do that, you will have the experience you always wanted to have with God. When the communication is good, the relationship will be good. And God wants the relationship to be the best you will ever have!
One last thing, if you are reading this and you think God is fake, God is a fairy tale etc. I challenge you to have and open and honest conversation with God and see if something doesn’t happen. God wants to respond to you. What have you to lose? If He doesn’t then well keep calling me a liar, but if He does, and you get to experience the love of a lifetime in an instant wouldn’t that be worth it.
Remember Jesus loves and cares for you, I love and care for you, and you are awesome!