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Originally Posted by Trapped
But as far as a defined, solid relationship with the Lord, well......it's hard to "know" someone who doesn't seem to show up and who hides Himself so well when I really need some input.
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2000 years ago, the Jewish people too prayed earnestly for God to show up in the midst of their oppression. He sent them a "middle ground", Jesus. They also had hope in their salvation just as you do. So why is it then the Jewish people, as a whole, suffer the shame of being separated from their God? He answered their prayers. He remaining faithful to them. Why then did they reject Him and continue to reject Him to this day? They too lost the ability to hear God and worship Him in spirit and truth. He showed them mercy and sent his Son as a human so that they had someone who could relate to them in every possible way, so that they had someone they can see, hear, and touch. Not only did He satisfy the needs of their senses, the LORD performed miraculous things through Jesus even raising him from the dead yet still even with that they rejected God's answer to their prayers. Why?
Trapped, have you considered God is answering your prayers in ways you are not assuming or expecting?
There was nothing majestic about Jesus that drew people to him. In fact, he was a loathsome person. He was a man you'd look at and think God was punishing for wrong doings. A person you'd keep your distance from lest you take part in his sufferings. Someone you'd probably call "toxic" today. Yet it wasn't anything of himself that caused us to despise him. It was our own sin he carried in him that we loathed. We projected our shortcomings onto him, all without a reason to do so.
What are you expecting God to do for you? Maybe your expectations are what's hindering you? Maybe he's sending you people that don't look like you'd expect and are challenging you in ways you're afraid to accept. Have you considered that?