Where are you?

Sometimes we end up in a situation that feels almost impossible to move on from. We can feel totally alone and discouraged. I think many people find themselves wondering how did I get here. We can feel that we did our best but a totally burnt out by life. I think many people have a similar experience and this writing is aimed specifically at those whose experience of life has led them to an understanding of God.
So its almost as if God has lost touch with us and somehow lost track of our lives. Its like everything has been stripped away. All our normal means of coping. I think the biggest temptation is to think that this is what life is really about and that it doesn’t get any better.

The bible says in Isaiah that even youths grow weary and faint (Isaiah 40) and it expresses the frustration that we feel when it seems that everything has failed.

COME OUTSIDE

There is a lot to be said for this. When we are in the place of utter discouragement we can tend to think that life is very small and its hard to do anything. There is a lot to be said for getting out into the fresh air. But it’s more than that. In Romans 1:20, its says that we are "without excuse" when it comes to believing that nature was created by God. There is often a pattern and a ‘stumbling block’, in our experience of life.

Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord... In the story of Gideon. Once again, in this favourite story of mine, it says that the people hid in caves because of the enemy attacks in their land... and so we find Gideon hiding what little he had. But the angel came to him and presented him with a choice. Will you vacate your cave or believe that you are loved by God and could once again be useful.

LISTEN

God said to Elijah in his cave... GO OUT AND STAND OUTSIDE and LISTEN
We know that God’s revelation came to him.
In this land in which we live and the boundaries of your life... WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE?


Daniel Chuter