As soon as I realized this I was mortified! Especially because I know that I am to blame for this atrocity! How did this happen? To answer this, I must start off to say that for a while my family has been in a time of transition.
In true manly man fashion I have been re-checking where I am in life at this point versus where I think I should be...and so this behavior has replicated itself in my prayer life. I constantly "weedle" God, trying to wear Him down to a definite response. Of course this has had no effect so I recently formulated a plan. My next prayer sounded something like this: "God, I haven't heard Your answers to my questions....so until You answer me, these are my plans for what I am going to be doing." Folks, this is just plain silly. There is no other way to describe it.
I do believe it began to thunder....I could almost hear God cackling up in the sky as He began to laugh hysterically at my plans! The thunder must have been Him slapping his knees while he hee-hawed and giggled at my silly ideas! I guess He appreciated a good laugh because He immediately prompted several things in my spirit, such as:
Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"
Mathew 6:28 "Can any on of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?"
So there you have it. If God's knees are in fact bruised, I am to blame! We must all learn to embrace and learn from the seasons in our lives. Sometimes no answer is "THE" answer. Maybe when there is no answer, He is waiting for us to master the small things so that He can lead us to the big ones!
