So, where is God when we call on him? Does he listen? Can we trust his promises to be there for us?
Or is it all farce? At what point do we face up to the claims of the world that say to us God is a figment of our imagination? After all, we can’t see him, so he can’t be there.
Can he?
For proof we turn to the Bible. Jesus was a historical figure, we counter. We have proof he walked the Earth. It’s fact, proven in the ancient manuscripts of Roman scholars. Surely that’s all the verification we need. Besides, Jesus heard from God, didn’t he?
Or did he? What proof do we have?
Luke 9:35 says God spoke aloud to Peter, James, and John when they went with Jesus to the mountaintop to pray:
“And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.”
Ah, proof! God was there for them to see. There were the cloud and the voice; and everyone got to view the face of the almighty God.
Well, not exactly. Look at what we learn in the very next verse:
“And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone.”
Ouch! Still no proof. What’s up, God? Aren’t you ever there?
But that’s just it. This is our finest example of how God interacts with us. He comes to us, reverberates though our soul, and then he steps away. It’s not proof he wants to offer. He wants us to trust in him. When we are in prayer, and we are certain God gives us an answer, do we look around afterwards in disappointment that we can’t find God, or do we treasure his promise and trust that his voice was real?
Here’s what Peter, James, and John did, found in the second half of Luke 9:36:
“And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.”
When God speaks to us, it’s between him and us. God desires his creation to learn to trust in him, one needy soul at a time.
What happens between God and us stays between God and us. When he wants it revealed, he’ll trumpet it to the world.
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