Finding God on the Mountain

• Posted by James McClow January 18 - Filed in Personal - #faith  #prayer  #christianity club  #James McClow  #god  #faithfully  - 138 views
  Today and for the last few days I've been feeling very distant from god and the glow I normally feel in my belly. Today waking up and feeling tired and that I could sleep all day. I could never do that but at the time it sounded good. Work is busy which should be a good thing, home life is very good. I am so grateful to have been blessed with such a beautiful friend and wife and someone who has such a strong witness for the Lord. This morning I told her I've been feeling detached and distant and that God is silent.
  
  She said "It’s a part of ones life plan to learn and grow by what one will do while in their own personal ‘desert’" and went on to share a verse which was Psalm 63:1-4 and it brought a tear to my eye.
  
  After saying goodbye for the day to her and waiti g in line at the post office I read what I pasted below. It made me remember Gods plan is absolutely perfect and my will is not his and that I need to remember to trust that his plan is best always. Not only when life goes my way but especially when life doesn't go my way and I feel lost and alone. I am so grateful for my ups and downs. I will rejoice knowing His plan will serve his in ways I cannot understand.
  
  Praise be to God. Below is what I read while in line and i if d it amazing that I read exactly what I need to when I need to.
  
  Finding God on the Mountain, by Tim Archer
  
  
  Elijah had gone to the mountain looking for God.
  
  He'd been ready to give up. Ready to lie down and die. He saw no hope, no future, no point in going on.
  
  Then an angel told him to go to the mountain. And Elijah was there,
  waiting for God. But he didn't know what to expect.
  
  A powerful wind came, ripping apart the very rocks that made up the mountain. Surely this was God! But no, God wasn't in that wind.
  
  Next there came an earthquake. As Elijah felt the very mountain
  tremble, he must have been certain that this was God revealing himself. But no, God wasn't in the earthquake.
  
  After the earthquake came a fire. Again Elijah looked for God. But God wasn't in the fire.
  
  Then came what the King James Version translates as "a still, small
  voice." A whisper. A barely audible murmur with a question on its
  breath: "What are you doing here?" (1 Kings 19:12�13)
  
  Elijah poured out his tale of woe, telling of his faithfulness to God
  compared with the unfaithfulness of the people around him. He told of the queen's persecution of God's prophets and her specific efforts to kill him. He explained to God that no else was faithful, not even one.
  
  Only Elijah was left.
  
  That's when God explained to Elijah that he couldn't see the whole
  picture. That God was doing things that Elijah didn't know about. That God had plans in motion, some of which included Elijah. And there were still six thousand people faithful to God that Elijah wasn't aware of.
  
  Have you ever reached that point where dying seemed to make more sense than living? The extreme of frustration and hopelessness that leaves you doubting whether God Himself can fix your problems?
  
  Maybe you need to go to the mountain. Go looking for God. Don't expect hurricanes or earthquakes. Don't expect to be swept in a holy fire. Listen for the still, small voice. Listen for the question: "What are you doing here?"
  
  And once you've poured out your heartaches and your fears, you may just find that God is doing things you don't know about, both in your life and the lives of others.
  
  But you'll never see it, if you don't look for Him.