CGL1023
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But if you came up to me and told me to put my life in his hands, I'd tell you that I can't. I can't trust something that I cannot feel. It's not even about what I can and cannot see anymore. I don't feel safe and secure, which is something I was told was promised to every Christian. I picked up some bad habits since then, and I blame God for almost every bad thing that happens in my life. I guess that's a good sign in a way. At least I'm not denying that there is a God. =P Still, it's not a good feeling. I want to feel like there's something else out there that's bigger then myself and everything else. I just can't swallow the possibility that we're alone here. But I also can't seem to accept that God has everything under control, and that when I call on Him..He'll answer.
I would love nothing more then to know for an absolute certainty that God is going to catch me the next time I fall.
How do you know that God is watching over you? What convinces you? How can you have so much faith and trust in something that (in your eyes) let's you down so much?
Consider two examples you may have forgotten from the book of Daniel. They are familiar and they exemplify a rare level of faith. The first, in Dan ch. 3, is about the three Hebrew children. Their love for God and their faith was so huge that they came out of an raging inferno with not even the smell of smoke on them.
The second is Daniel ch. 6. Here Daniel displays faith that summoned an angel to close the lions mouth.
In verse 23: The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
These are two of many examples that show you if the Hebrew children and Daniel did what they did, you can do that also, because God is not a respecter of persons.
You can see that faith is the answer you are looking and faith comes by hearing and hearing and hearing the Word of God (Rom 10:17)
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