A Dialogue with God. GOD
SPEAKS IN BOLD—of course!
MAZE: a confusing network of
intercommunicating paths or passages; a labyrinth; a state of
bewilderment or perplexity.
I approached Lord God seeking some
serious answers as I groped to find my way from Start to Finish
through the MAZE of my life.
“Lord, how can I know Your will? The
unknown lurks behind every hill. At each turn I have choices, face
crossroads, intersections: Shall I go to the left or right?”
My questions are sincere. I wait for
His answers.
“People, like ships, pass me in the
night. Strangers, friends, touch my life. Is it random, by chance, or
fate?”
I press my quest. I can’t rest
until I know.
“When people speak, is it You
speaking to me or only they? Or my own interpretations filtered
through my subconscious, twisting, turning, garbling Your words and
thoughts to me?”
Why doesn’t God answer? I’ll try
to get through again. . .
“The display screen of my life is
fuzzy, the audio is muffled, Lord, the picture is out of focus, the
screen flips, covered with horizontal lines.”
Still no answer? Lord, do You hear
me?
“I must hear from You! I really do
want Your will. Don’t leave me alone to find my way through the
MAZE of my life bumping into walls in frustration, banging on doors
that don’t open. My knuckles are sore, Lord.”
And I’m beginning to wonder: Is
the Lord’s hand shortened that it cannot save? Or His ear heavy
that it cannot hear?
Of course I hear you, child! My ear
is always inclined toward you. Even in the stillness of night when
loneliness grips you and you can’t even verbalize your prayers,
your questions.
I see the tears on your pillow and
hear you when your heart is too full to cry, when you feel numb and
mute and too depressed to go on. I AM there, the Ever-Present. I AM
the Great I AM.
“Oh, now I hear You, Lord, but I
don’t feel You. I can’t reach out and touch You. . .”
Don’t you know that we are always
in touch? I know your longing heart, broken dreams, your anguish and
hopes, joys, sorrows, your downsittings and your uprisings. Behold, I
know your thoughts afar off.
“I can’t believe that You know me
so well!”
I know you by name. I AM always with
you. I never leave you nor forsake you. I AM closer than parent,
friend, or ones you love. I care. I love you.
“But have you left me to chance? Are
all the events of my life just dangling loose ends? Is my life a
haphazard MAZE without meaning?”
I AM He who brings all things, yes,
all things into your life for My divine purpose. I plan and control
them.
“And the people in my life?”
All things, My child.
I plan and plant people in your life, not hit and miss but by design.
Life-to-life encounters are not accidental or incidental; they are
fully appointed by Me. When a life touches a life neither is ever the
same. Listen carefully to Me to find for what purpose each one
touches your life.
“O Lord, help me understand! Don’t
let me down if I am slow to learn.”
Do you think that I would? I AM
committed to you. Trust Me to clear up the picture and adjust the
focus when the time is right. Then everything will be displayed in
proper contrast and color and the horizontal lines will be locked in.
“When, Lord, WHEN? How SOON?”
Don’t be impatient. You and I have
eternity to work everything out, not just this short span that you
call a lifetime.
“But what are You getting at through
all this traffic and turmoil in my life?”
I AM conforming you to the image of
My Son. That’s My trajectory. It takes some earth-time. Although
you’re coming along well, you don’t look enough like Him yet. But
we’re working on it, you and I.
“I feel better now that we’ve had
this talk. But what if I lose You again, Lord?”
You can never lose Me. Just keep Me
tuned in, keep reading what I wrote especially for you in My Book.
When you don’t hear Me with your human ears, listen with the ears
of your heart. I dwell intimately in you. And My Holy Spirit is not
called Comforter and Helper in vain. He will interpret My messages to
you.
“O Lord, the MAZE doesn’t look so
hopeless now. Why is that?”
I AM at the Start,
I AM at the Finish, I AM the Alpha and the
Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. I AM the
WAY through the MAZE of your life!
*****
From THE RESOURCE BOOK
Exodus 3:14a; Matthew
28:20b; Joshua 1:5b; Psalm 27:10;
Psalm 139:1-6; Psalm 18:6;
Psalm 25:4, 5, 12; Romans 8:28;
Revelation 22:13; John
14:6.
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