“When you find yourself in a state of confusion or curiosity about the way things are going, go ahead and ask HIM if there’s something HE’d like to say to you.”

A thought by Bill Hybels (2010-06-29) from his book, The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond (p. 56). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

One of the tremendous privileges of having a relationship with GOD is to have a relationship with GOD. I mean it is unbelievable that GOD is interested in me personally. That HE knows all about me and all that I do and that HE has a plan for me personally. But the key is to listen to Him as HE wants to communicate to us.

In the sentence right before this one Bill says, “’When the circumstances of your life start to shift,’ I suggest, ‘at least consider that it might be due to God.’” That is an awesome thought. That maybe what I am going through might be because of GOD and I can stop and ask HIM if there’s something HE would like to say to me. That is a tremendous possibility for us to grab hold of that we don’t usually stop and contemplate. When things are starting to go bad we usually think that things just don’t go my way. We feel sorry for ourselves when it might be GOD wanting to get our attention and tell us something. It might just be an attention getter.

We have a tremendous advantage in our relationship with GOD. He is all around us knowing everything about us and sees what is best for us and for HIM but HE needs us to stop and listen to ask HIM what HE wants. As the railroad crossing signs say, HE wants us to Stop, Look and Listen. He may have something to say to us.

What are you going through right now? Maybe it is confusing and maybe something is shifting around in your life. It may not be caused by GOD but maybe it is and you won’t know for sure until you Stop, Look and Listen. Stop being frustrated and depressed; Look for GOD; and Listen to what HE says when you ask HIM what HE wants. That is such a tremendous advantage in living life to its fullest.

Bill finishes this paragraph by saying, “Open your hands, open your heart, heighten your attentiveness to any small way HE might want to communicate to you, and then agree in advance that you will comply with whatever HE says. Why not give it a shot? What’s the downside?”

So what circumstance is confusing in your life right now?

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