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PRAYING OUT OF LOVE OR FEAR My twin sister is into reading these psychologies magazine, and when i work nights, i do tend to carry a few with me, and of course my bible material. I was reading one of them and was suprised to learn there are many people who are non belivers who pray to God some everyday as a mere routine when they go to sleep, not that they love and believe in God, but for the fear of him. I mean fear as being SCARED. They fear if they don't it's like inviting bad oranment. Well I do relate to these people, I was once one of them. I was always a church goer for years, and praying was something i did never for love but out of fear, then two years ago I met a lady called Margert Arthur who devoted her time to teach me the bible and I realised God is love, of course I used to read all that, but it never meant anything to me, but it's only in seeking him and knowing him can we truly be free. Such small words but big effective meaning. Now my twins sister says I am obsessed, taken over, maybe I have never felt such a need to understand the word, it's like I have so much ground to cover. The other thing i realised is that sinning is not just what we say, or do I have mastered that bit, you have time to cultivate that area especially in the presence of people. It's mostly what comes from our mind, especially on the sub-conscious level like in our dreams, when one needs to react instantly, can we be Godly. |
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8/20/2010 3:37 pm |
I used to pray to God before I knew Him Through Christ - It was the God of the Bible I prayed to. I believed in a creator, I believed that the bible was true - I just did not know Jesus. One day I prayed to God (shortly before knowing Christ) and said - "you gave me all this beauty in life but I am not happy." I heard Gods voice tell me to go find a person I had only met breifly - and had no idea how to find them - but I went into the city of San Francisco and within 5 minutes I found them. That night I went to church and fell on my face and wept for hours and all I could say was i'm sorry (A very intense apology with greif for all that I had done and ignored) then I got up and was totally full of joy and even very happy. God knows us all - even when we don't know Him.
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Thanks for your response,am glad that am not crazy, I know somehow in our deepest need we do seek for Jesus, the Lord Jehovah our God, without knowing why. I might have prayed for fear, but i think I did subconsciously want him to know him out of love. I didn't know then but what I know now is that even without knowledge, full knowledge, in my ignorance I new that God was the sovereign all mighty the ruler of everything. Now I understand now that he is just not a ruler but he is love and that is amazing. I am struggling to live by him word, because the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak yet I know there is only one way out here to fight the flesh till I win.
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Oh why oh why, when you related your story of your past, I do really think you are a rare piece, most people would forsake God in your circumstance yet you are here upholding his name. You are amazing and you never stop appreciating the love God for us no matter what we have gone within our lives. Thank you for opening yourself up and strengthen me in the word.
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Thank you Donny I just thought it was only me who struggles with keeping at pace with God, I don't know how many times I became saul instead of Paul. I am glad, I found him again and each day is a struggle but one thing for sure is that I have being there, relying on my own, i just don't want to do it again. Very encouraged by your comment.
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8/21/2010 9:34 am |
When I was young, I use to pray to God in hopes that bad things would stop happening to me. I think unbelievers who pray have a thread of hope that they hang on to and eventually something draws them towards God or pulls them very far away.
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do we think we are saved because of good we think we are, or because of who he is and what he did? Good post. The word says nature itself tells us there is a God, so people talk to him. Talk long enough and we find out how to have that relationship. Its indeed a journey
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very true Donny. I am happier than I have being for many years, have this hope that i have somewhere to turn to, I am not so burdened as i used to.
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