, God stepped into our life and stopped you from making a life error?
God doesn’t stop us from going through hardship and pain as a born again or a non believer....
One of the ways that God answers prayer, is to not do it for you.
Thats a "no".
God say's "NO".
That's the
Answer.
Why? Because If He gave it to you, it would destroy your life.
And THAT thing, not given, is one of those situations that you can look back on, years later, and you think...."had God answered that Prayer, i would be in trouble, even now".
See.......God knows this..., and so, sometimes the answer is "NO". !
One of the most painful "no's" is when God directs you away from something you love too much.
That hurts so much.
Here is a short personal Testimony about it....
When i was 17, God had His Hand on Me.
When i was 18... I met someone who i fell in love with, who "went to church" and "seemed to be a believer".
At that age, and having no real Spiritual maturity, i was not able to SEE..
So, i fell in Love......Total immersion. Complete. She was like breath to me.
I was young, and when you are young, the feelings can run too deep...
So, God ended that relationship, and i thought i wouldn't be able to keep on living.
For 2-3 yrs, my heart was heavy, broken. I cried so many pain filled tears.
3 yrs after she and I parted she called me "out of the blue'..... and told me she wanted to talk to me.
We drove to the Beach, and she said..
"Tomorrow im going to get married, but if you dont want me to, then i wont do it".
See that reader?
That is the Devil reaching for you with something so painful and so hurtful, because He always tries to destroy your LIfe using a PERSON to do it.
Remember that.......
Now its over 4 decades later.... Im in the Ministry over 35 Yrs.
God called me when i was 26 with a anointing to Teach and Evangelize.
Its my BREATH for a long time now.
But...., Had i married this girl, i would be "out there somewhere"........and only God knows how that would have ended as a life long nightmare.
I wouldn't be here for you, Reader........thats for sure.
And this girl. She didn't go to church for over 30 yrs, i discovered after 30 yrs.
= God saved my life by telling me "No"., and because He did, ive been able to help thousands and thousands.
Reader,
Sometimes God says.....>"STOP"......."NO">.....>"LEAVE THAT ALONE"., and Daddy in Heaven knows best.
Absolutely.
You CAN Trust Him, even when it hurts to let it go.
Believe it.
A.) it has to Go, or you will be stuck to it, and it will never allow you to grow beyond that place you should not be... to begin with.
Also....Ritajanice,
There is a difference between God protecting you from yourself, and what Paul teaches as : "ive finished my Course".
The "Course" is the walk of faith, that involves training and obedience, and that includes Hebrews 12:6, and "carrying your Cross" and "in this world you shall have Tribulation"..... = all of this.