WHEN GOD SEEMS DISTANT

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  WHEN GOD SEEMS DISTANT  Isaiah 8:11-18 Devotional:- “And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him” (V.17) God is real no matter how anyone feels. Since we are made to worship God whether it is going well or not we must always give all the glory to Him. It is easy to worship God when things are going well, but situations are not always pleasant. That is why we must learn to always give God glory in all situations. The richest of worship is during pains or trails. We must learn to trust God, surrender and love God when we don’t feel his presence. In our scripture today the man of God said ‘’I will trust and place my trust in Him even when God is hidden‘’. True friendship is often tested by distance and inability to communicate. It takes close time and distant time to grow relationship. That is why to mature your relationship with God He will test you with period of seeming separation, feeling abandoned or forgotten. In such ti...

OPENNESS

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OPENNESS

Devotional:- “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (V. 24) NKJV

    The principle of relationship demands that we are open to receive the other person we have decided to relate with. Openness has to do with allowing the one you accept to love into your privacy. Without privacy, you cannot have access to the heart of most people. People need to see the genuineness in someone before they can open up the secret of their lives. Yet, one must allow the other in, before intimate relationship can begin.

The word of God says, a man who wants friends must himself be friendly. In other words, he must open up himself to be accessed. He must welcome others. Since we need people, we must not pretend as though we don’t need them. Friendliness demands that we allow others. That is why it is not everyone that is permitted to be at the same level of relationship with us.

Meeting with people demands that we quickly understand the purpose of our relationship with them. This demands that we know the level of closeness we can afford to give them. This will also determine how free we can be with them. Yet, no matter how close or distant, we have to give people the opportunity at their level. Peace.

PRAYER: Lord, give me a heart for others.

“FRIENDLINESS IS THE SECRET OF GOOD RELATIONSHIP”

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