This is Part 2 of In the Stillness. In Part 1 we talked about how we pray for others and see their miracles but when we pray for ourselves, we often find that God is still. 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 for the Godly breakthrough at the right time without taking it back all the time. We need to trust Him is His stillness without doubt and fear, knowing that the breakthrough will come in His time according to His plan and will. If you missed Part 1, please click here to read it now.
Matthew 6:33 says that we need to first seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, and the rest will be given to us as well. Off course we need to know that it must fit into His will for us. Let me share a testimony with you.
My husband and I have been praying about something extremely specific regarding our future and we have been waiting for months to get an answer. Multiple times in a day, we would go before God and say that time is running out and that we really need an answer as what is decided on, will have a ripple effect on other important decisions that needed to be made.
Well, after months, we did not get an answer and God was incredibly quiet even though we were seeking His face in fasting and prayer. Yes, doubt creeped in, because so many things were riding on this one decision. We read His Word and claimed it over our situation, but still, nothing! We specifically prayed John 15:7 into our situation that says that if we remain in God and He in us, we can ask Him anything. Yes, this is true, but we must always remember that we must and should always want His will above our own.
We both knew that what we asked for, would benefit us financially, but do you know what? God did not answer us and no matter what we tried; we simply did not get a response. Now let me just say that although we asked God for what we wanted, we always asked Him for His will above our own and if it were not meant for us, that He would please close the door.
As much as we wanted as per our original request, we did not want it to be outside His Master Plan and will for our lives. Months went by and when we finally received a letter to say that our request was not approved, we both, instantaneously experienced a peace beyond human understanding.
Now everything I shared seems easy but trust me it meant having to lay it all down at His feet and then continue with our lives for months until an answer came. All we did was saying thank You Lord we trust Your will.
So sometimes, well actually every time we give something to God, we need to hand it over in faith and take a step back, waiting on Him in faith. Remember even if you do not get a reply, then you already have an answer.
We must never force God’s hand and then use His Word to try and get what we want. This is wrong. Yes, He says that we do not get because we do not ask correctly. We then ask differently. He says we should wait on Him, and we do wait, but then keep on taking it back.
He says we can petition before Him, but we often petition with our own selfishness because we want to force our will. You see, in all of this we forget that we said to God that we want His will to be done. So, was it really that God was still, or did we already have the answer?
I think by then we already had the answer. Often, God does not say anything, because we already have the answer, but choose not to receive it with our spirit ears.
Keep a look out for Part 3 of In the Stillness as it forms part of an e-book.
Love in Christ
Princess K
