Where  Does  G O D  Go ?


During these days of watching, we find ourselves drawn close to the Lord
in prayer and expectation.  This is right and proper for the "Bride" to  be
doing in these "End Times".  The closeness of the Lord  is actually "Felt" by
those who pray and have a relationship with Him.  A blessed few even hear
His voice speaking to them through their mind"s "voice".  Then silence!?
You actually can sense the Lord being further away.  What happened?
That close feeling we had just yesterday seems to have vanished.  Where
did  God go ?  I'm still here but He seems to be busy elsewhere.  Could He
be displeased with me for some reason?  Something I  did or didn't do ?
I've read a few "posts" lately that talk of people experiencing this sort
of thing that has them questioning their relationship w/ Him.   As an aside, 
I realize that it is the Holy Spirit we are actually speaking of in this example.
This seems to happen just when we were getting along so well with Him.
He was blessing us in our lives and we were thanking Him and asking His
blessing in other things, fully expecting His response and further blessing of
our requests when all of a sudden, no answers and no granting of our
requests.  Whut up?  Why the change?  That's when the guilt sets in.
Maybe we were asking for something that was self-serving or not in line
with His plan for us and we then feel  ashamed  and withdraw a bit ourselves.
Now we feel terrible and think He is displeased with us.  This is when we
cry out to Him in earnest and ask, "Lord are you there"?  He answers
"Yes I am here"  but you can tell He sounds far away by how quiet His
voice is.  It is reassuring but still leaves us wondering what's going on.
I've come to understand, through many years of relationship with Him,
that whenever the Lord makes a "move", He makes no less than six moves
at the same time.  No problem for Him.  He is that He is and will do His
pleasure.  We must allow for this.  Why? because He asks us to!  

                                    BE   PATIENT !!

"Wait for Me to act." This is our chance to let our PATIENCE grow.  So His
seeming "distance" even turns out to be a "blessing" we can avail ourselves
of if we just simply  and child-like TRUST HIM IN ALL THINGS.  

"Because you have kept the PATIENCE of My Word"
                                           
MARANATHA !
                                                      
TH