Where's God

    God chastised Israel for their lack of trust in Him as demonstrated in their refusal to obey Him.  In Malachi 2:17 the Lord said, “You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied Him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,’ or, ‘Where is the God of justice?’”

    In the history of Israel they too often criticized God for His actions and quite often in His inaction.  God’s apparent inaction should not be read as God’s indifference toward us or even as a desire of God to get back at us.  It was not only the Israelites who strayed from God and went after idols such as money, sex, power, drugs, and possessions.  We in the 21st century are as guilty as those of the Old Covenant of straying and then crying out, “Where’s God!” Keep in mind that when God seems far away it is not because he moved from us, it is because we moved from us.  When you feel estranged from God, what you need is a big breath of fresh air.  That is to say it is time to drink in anew the blessings of the indwelling Spirit of God.  Job said, “For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4).

    The Spirit of God brings new zeal, enthusiasm, and wonder.  Breathe deeply and take in the joy, peace, and self-control the Lord will bring to your life.

Scriptures: Malachi chapters 1 and 2; Job 33:4; Romans 10:2; Ephesians 5:22-33