~ Silence ~

Have you ever prayed for something, and have been searching for an answer for one of lifes questions, and you sought the Lord, and in answering you, He answered you through His word, devotions, prayer, or confirmation through others... Lately, I have been praying for God's direction for my life in many different aspects. For the past few weeks the Lord keeps confirming to me what His plan is.
He first used several ladies, then an evangelist that didn't know me from anywhere, and this morning, He used my devo. Sometimes we need a sign, or confirmation of what we are praying.
Sometimes we just need to wait on the Lord.
What He has been showing me is that I just need to let go of things, and quit trying to work something out on my own, and let God be God, and have complete control over every aspect of my life. He also said Lindsey "Just Trust Me!" So that is what I am doing. Trusting and waiting before the Lord

My devo today was called "NOW WHAT?"

"Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days."
- John 11:6

We have a tendency to hit our knees, say our prayers, and then expect a glorious light show. We want pyrotechnics and special effects. WE want the full choir of angels to come down and sya, "Your prayer is answered." But often when we pray we get silence. Silence is sometimes God's answer. Silence means God trusts you to accept this as his answer. Silence is sometimes temporary. God may want to bless you beyond measure, but you might have to wait. Things happen in his time, not ours. So to be met with silence is to be trusted. You may be told, "what I have planned for you is unbelievable, so just wait for now." The secred here is to have faith that God has heard you, so you don't go back again and again, frustrated and angry in the false belief that God doesn't listen. You can't put limits on God. There is nothing God can't do in his time. So take the silence as a sign that God trusts you. How's that for a compliment?

[oz Says] A wonderful thing about God's silence is that the contagion of His stillness gets into you and you become perfectly confident - "I know God has heard me." His silence is the proof that He has. As long as you have the idea that God will bless you in answer to prayer, He will do it, but He will never give you the grace of silence. If Jesus Christ is bringing you into the understanding that prayer is for the glorifying of His Father, He will give you the first sign of His intimacy - silence.

Just between you and God: Follow the examble today. Find a place and sit in silence. Sit in the silence of God. Listen, but don't expect. Look, but don't plan on a vision - Just be in God's silence.