Be Honest With God

https://odb.org/MY/2022/10/19/reasons-to-rejoice-2

What do we say in prayer, in our quiet time? Is it always a time for requests and supplications? We pray because we have something to ask God to do, to intervene, to heal, to make a sitiation better or to go away? There is a song that I sing in worship by the Parachute Band, that starts with the words, “I have not come, to ask you for anything. Except for the privilege to glorify Your name”. Sometimes it’s important to just be grateful for the privilege to worship Him, to glorify His name. To just bask in the glory of His presence. To be thankful that we are who we are today because of His grace and mercy. Despite the struggles and storms life brings us. The choppy waters, the headwinds. The injustices we sometimes face in the hands of conniving and evil people with their own ends.

Yet in the midst of all that, we are allowed to be honest with God. To honestly and genuinely tell Him of our concerns and the struggles we go through. The crossroads we face, the hard decisions we need to make. The unfairness of it all sometimes. The workload, the burden, the responsibilities, the expectation, the pressure we carry. Tell Him all that to be real but at the bottom of our heart we must be convinced and confident that the righteous will prevail in the end. Evil will not triumph because the end for evil is the lake of fire where there is gnashing of teeth.

But there is a line in the sand we must draw. We voice our complaints, to ventilate, to air our grief but never to blame God. Job never once curse or blame God. David always held on to the faith and belief with full confidence that God will eventually come through for him, no matter how perilous the situation. Paul never gave up on his hope of glory, the Christ crucified and resurrected. No doubt aided by the inexpressible things he had heard when caught up in the third heaven.

I think it’s unacceptable to blame God because in doing so we are disputing that He loves us and knows best. When we blame Him, we are saying He is not God. Often our predicament is our own doing. We took that path, made that decision and yet in the consequences we still find grace and mercy except that we cannot avoid the consequences. The important thing is that as the Lord allows us to go through the consequences, He is with us and will never depart from us. He will eventually rescue us but in the meantime, He strengthens and encourages us. Sometimes the experience will make us stronger and a better person in Christ to serve Him better for the future.

Be honest with God but with gratefulness and thankfulness always knowing that God is not only God BUT our God. He is with us and will always have our interests in heart even though we would need to go through the consequences of our actions and decisions. He loves us and will never forsake us.

Psalm 64:10 – The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him, all the upright in heart will glory in Him. Amen!