There comes a time when you have to accept that you are no longer a child in
your walk with God. If He treats you like an adult, trusts you with authority,
then you have to behave accordingly. When things seem unsure to you, and you do
not know what is happening, running to Him and crying for comfort does not
work.
If you cry 'daddy' daddy' everytime the milk is spilt, you will not get
a response. That is if you are moving into maturity. You have to trust your
Father that He knows best and is removing you from creature comforts to
strengthen, harden your faith. A plant that has been grown under artificial
conditions, in a greenhouse say, needs to be hardened off before it is put out
into position in it's place. God cannot do much with 'soft' people, those who
wimper and whine at every adverse circumstance. He wants trained soldiers, those
whom He can use in battles and will stand their ground.
So He is training you
and treats you according to your spiritual experience. That is why He will
withdraw His conscious presence for a while. Not because you have grieved Him,
but because He is teaching you to stand on your own two feet. Your will is
crucial to your usefulness in Kingdom work. You have to 'CHOOSE' His
ways whether you like what is happening or not, feel Him close or not. He will
not always explain the 'why' of a situation. He just wants you to
trust.
'Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned
of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child'. Ps 131:2
'Be Still'
'Be Still And Know That He is God'
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