A lot of my buddies know I’m a seeker, yes! I look for answers and do a lot less of asking! And when I do find them, I present the answers to the person involved and they’re shocked! They’re like ‘Rita! How did you do that?’, Anyway! I’m reaching out today to all complainers and all those who keep asking, asking and asking God and NEVER even stopping to listen for his response or answer! A complaining spirit drives God far away! But a quiet, SUBMISSIVE, listening, calm spirit attracts God’s spirit and answers. I must admit I used to be like this. There was a time in my life, in my first year in the university when I would sit and cry, cry, cry and ask God all the questions that needed asking and I would fall asleep afterwards! Yes! Pitiful right? I would sit on my bed and I would throw questions at him and I would cry out aloud, locked in my room and I would look so pitiable and shed all the tears in my eyes and then I would challenge God and then lie on my bed and wrap myself in the sheets and God would come… yes! He’d come and put me to sleep. I would drift away slowly and the next morning I would wake with a renewed feeling, some hopeful feeling…. Have you ever been in this situation? We all have! In one way or other. I love God so much! He’s a lover with a difference! He doesn’t trade words with you, He would never send fire to consume you when you don’t understand what He’s got in store for your life, He would never even interrupt you when you throw blames at Him. No! he would listen and He would be full of complete pity for you and the answers will come but only if you sit still and LISTEN! I listened and that is why I can confidently say I am happier now than I was years back. I have stopped the asking, I am now a seeker… seeker of answers! Though seeking has got boundaries. What I cannot prove, I simply allow my faith to take over. But in this sense, you can be a seeker when you set out, reach out for the answers. I’ll give you an example: A jobless man who keeps crying he’s got no job and doesn’t get hired after interviews and yet sits in all day watching movies, eating, and yelling at his wife! Would you call that a serious person? But let’s see Individual B, who’s been laid off and who sweats day and night, knocking at the door of companies and presenting brilliant ideas… someday, some company would acknowledge his ideas and hire him. You can’t expect to get answers when you haven’t even made a move to get them! And when you aren’t even ready for them! There are some questions that God answers and you know it in your heart that this is the answer but because it doesn’t come in the way you want, you reject it and say it isn’t from God! You are not to tell God how to answer your questions. He knows best what’s good for you and sometimes when you hang on to that thing that’s a hindrance to your attainment of holiness, God may cut it off from you and it may be really painful but years later, when you look back, you’d see that it was all for your good. But note, my friends, when God takes something away from you, it is to give you something BETTER!
Lara (A pseudonym has been used), my friend was in a relationship with a man who would ride her all about, didn’t take her serious, would always give excuses, wasn’t ready to settle from all indication. It took her time to break free ‘cause she wanted one thing and God had another. She was used to him being a monster in her life and so was comfortable being stuck in that relationship. She didn’t know how to face the humiliation of not being with him again tomorrow but anyway, they broke up and she met her husband. A man who’s full of dignity, truth and is above all, Godly!
There are countless things to learn today: Don’t be a persistent asker, be a seeker. That’s one. The second thing we can draw is never in anyway tell God how he should bring the answers. Wait and watch him work at his own appointed time. If you kneel in prayer and say “God I need a money to settle my debts and please when sending this money, make it $120,000 so I could have change left to buy that beautiful dress I saw in the market last week”, that’s not a serious prayer, instead you should be praying “God give me the means to settle my debt” and not quoting amounts for him. He knows what you need and he knows how to give it to you. He doesn’t need your direction to do so. And on and on it goes. God is all perfect and if you could only realize that his plans for our lives are all perfect too, you would lie still, knowing that God would never let you fall and even if you do fall, He’d be there to lift you up.
Seek answers today!
Rita Pam Tarachi
