I do not know about you, but in my walk with God, many times I have experienced that there is a stillness between me and God. Not because anything is wrong or I have done something wrong, or that He is not doing something right according to me, but it is just that I experience His stillness. Maybe you have never experienced it, but I have. I must say that in this time I never find myself to be far from God or that He is removed from me.
Some people say that they pray, and it feels to them that their prayers only hit the ceiling, and that is not what I am referring to. In fact, I have never in my life experienced that God is not there or that He is not listening to my prayers and that He had left me. What I am trying to say is that a lot of people would request me to pray and intercede with them. I do believe that it is a gift that God has given me as I can pray and fast for days.
I have often found that people ask me to pray, and as I pray, I can see how God moves through prayer and faith in their lives. Then I come back to my own house and not necessarily my physical house, but to who I am in my direct family and with prayer and petition for them, I see how God moves in their lives. This is amazing and I glorify God for it.
But I often find that when I pray for myself and for things about my own life, like my health, or something that I am awaiting an answer on, then God is still. Maybe it only happens to me, but I often find that difficult. I will go to God and say to Him that I do not understand why He answers me for other people’s requests, but He does not answer me for me. The truth is that even then, most of the time, He is still.
I know God is real and He hears us, for He is answering other people’s prayer requests that I put before Him, and it is not like I can ask Him what is wrong, as nothing is wrong. Afterall, I have experienced Him like that for most of my life. Although it has not been easy, in my walk with God and through many of my life experiences, I have grown in faith to trust Him in the stillness.
When you pray for and with other people, you execute exactly what it says in James 5:16, that the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. So, you pray in faith and walk away. You believe that the person is healed or will receive the breakthrough that they are trusting God for. Then, you hear their testimonies, and you might wonder why? You see dear reader, the prayer was prayed in faith, trusting God unconditionally, hence leaving it in His hands.
However, when it comes to us, whether feeling sick, having financial or other needs, and having to make important decisions, we pray, give it to God, and take it back by worrying or pushing for an immediate breakthrough. Instead of praying like how we pray for other people and then let it go, we keep on taking it back. We pray, about it repeatedly, and yes, God does say in His Word that we can come to Him with prayer and petition. There is nothing wrong with that, but to doubt and keep on taking it back to resolve it by ourselves, is hampering the breakthrough for which you are waiting.
What is important is that we need to pray daily and when we place things of our lives in Gods hands, we need to start saying thank You Lord that it is in Your hands and that we already say thank You for the Godly breakthrough at the right time. No doubt and no fear, but only in His way, His will and in His time.
Keep a look out for Part 2 of In the Stillness as it forms part of an e-book.
Love in Christ
Princess K