Worried about a voice I heard and also not feeling loved sometimes.

[SnowTiger]

Hi,

A few days ago I got this voice in my head that said (with regard to a job I was applying for) that I will "get the job, take the job, and die." I was worried this was the voice of God warning me that I will die if I take the job. I'm really upset because it's a job that I really want badly, but the voice I heard in my head and the whole Covid-19 thing are getting me really paranoid. I keep worrying that it was the voice of God. I really wish I didn't have that voice because I really wanted to take this job. It would really help my family if I could take this job.

Also, I keep having a hard time feeling loved by God. Everyone tells me that God loves me because he gave his only son in order that we could have eternal life. I keep losing faith and arguing with the voices I hear in my head. I try to go back and read all the helpful responses I've gotten on these forums. It helps, but I lose faith after a while after reading them.

I have been reading the Bible but I keep on focusing on the negative things like God's wrath and things like that. I guess I just need to focus on the positive things?

Thank you,

SnowTiger

 

[royal priest]

Hi,

A few days ago I got this voice in my head that said (with regard to a job I was applying for) that I will "get the job, take the job, and die." I was worried this was the voice of God warning me that I will die if I take the job. I'm really upset because it's a job that I really want badly, but the voice I heard in my head and the whole Covid-19 thing are getting me really paranoid. I keep worrying that it was the voice of God. I really wish I didn't have that voice because I really wanted to take this job. It would really help my family if I could take this job.

Also, I keep having a hard time feeling loved by God. Everyone tells me that God loves me because he gave his only son in order that we could have eternal life. I keep losing faith and arguing with the voices I hear in my head. I try to go back and read all the helpful responses I've gotten on these forums. It helps, but I lose faith after a while after reading them.

I have been reading the Bible but I keep on focusing on the negative things like God's wrath and things like that. I guess I just need to focus on the positive things?

Thank you,

SnowTiger

Sometimes, our thinking gets stuck in a rut and we need someone to push us out of it.
So, here goes!
Only God knows what will happen tomorrow. Get into the habit of saying, 'if God wills' or 'God-willing'. Say it all the time and every time you think of the future. It's a good habit and supported by the Bible too:
James 4:13-15
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”

So, since we don't know what's going to happen, it's pointless for us to worry, like Jesus said:
Matthew 6:25-27
“Do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

I hope this helps!

 

[SnowTiger]

Sometimes, our thinking gets stuck in a rut and we need someone to push us out of it.
So, here goes!
Only God knows what will happen tomorrow. Get into the habit of saying, 'if God wills' or 'God-willing'. Say it all the time and every time you think of the future. It's a good habit and supported by the Bible too:
James 4:13-15
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”

So, since we don't know what's going to happen, it's pointless for us to worry, like Jesus said:
Matthew 6:25-27
“Do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

I hope this helps!

This is helpful. I have a lot of fears about the future. I keep thinking that I know the future and there is nothing I can do to change it.

 

[royal priest]

This is helpful. I have a lot of fears about the future. I keep thinking that I know the future and there is nothing I can do to change it.

I'm glad it's helpful. I've learned over the years to say 'God-willing'. Sometimes I forget, but it's always comforting to remember. I just posted this hymn somewhere else, but it's well suited here:

My times are in thy hand;
my God, I wish them there;
my life, my friends, my soul, I leave
entirely to thy care.

My times are in Thy hand,
whatever they may be;
pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
as best may seem to Thee.

My times are in Thy hand;
why should I doubt or fear?
My Father's hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.

My times are in Thy hand,
Jesus the Crucified;
those hands my cruel sins had pierced
are now my guard and guide.

My times are in Thy hand,
I'll always trust in Thee;
and, after death, at Thy right hand
I shall forever be.
--W.F. Lloyd, 1824

 

[SnowTiger]

I'm glad it's helpful. I've learned over the years to say 'God-willing'. Sometimes I forget, but it's always comforting to remember. I just posted this hymn somewhere else, but it's well suited here:

My times are in thy hand;
my God, I wish them there;
my life, my friends, my soul, I leave
entirely to thy care.

My times are in Thy hand,
whatever they may be;
pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
as best may seem to Thee.

My times are in Thy hand;
why should I doubt or fear?
My Father's hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.

My times are in Thy hand,
Jesus the Crucified;
those hands my cruel sins had pierced
are now my guard and guide.

My times are in Thy hand,
I'll always trust in Thee;
and, after death, at Thy right hand
I shall forever be.
--W.F. Lloyd, 1824

Thank you. That is a really nice hymn.