Where is God or Where are We—R Fritz
The question many people ask is where is God? We must look at God’s characteristics to figure out where God is. He is omnipotent (all-powerful), omnipresent (everywhere at once), all-loving, gracious, and compassionate. The answer to the question is God is everywhere. When people ask where God is my question is how is your relationship with God? We do not know God well enough because the problem is a lack of communication on our part. People might say I do this or do that because we are supposed to do God’s will not just anything that looks good. Matthew 7:21-23 says, and this is Jesus speaking “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in their name, have they done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (lawlessness).” Why would Jesus say this to people who are doing good? It is because they do what they think God wants them to do. They are not listening or obeying God or do not know him. Communication comes from us knowing what God wants, we get that by studying the Bible.
Jesus came to show how to live our lives, that we need to change because we have lived our way which is not pleasing to God. We did not care about God until one day we saw life was not fair to us or life was not making us happy. That is where we see a place that makes us start to see life unbearable, where we have a challenging time living, a dark place where our thoughts become dark where spirits affect us. People who know Jesus are sent to speak to those who need help. We choose whether we want to stay in the dark areas or move to the light. Satan wants to keep us in the dark telling us it is not that bad or saying do not tell anybody, but fear stops us from getting help. Some of these people are believers who came with baggage. Satan keeps lying to these people to stay in the darkness because fear which is a lie keeps them there. John 10:10:11 says and this is Jesus speaking “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” The thief (Satan) shows his character whereas Jesus shows his character. We forget about Jesus and his love which will draw those struggling out at some point.
I am talking about suicide which affects those who must deal with the calls which are calls for help. The calls were not to me, they were to other chaplains whom I advised them to get to commit to some help, so they do not keep going through the same calls over and over with no good ending. What people might not understand is these calls take a toll on the people who deal each time with these calls. Sometimes there is fallout when dealing with these people. What I try to say is we are the mouthpiece for God as the Holy Spirit speaks what needs to be spoken through us with our job being to be at a particular place or on the phone or in person to be that source of light from the Holy Spirit. It gets personal for us because our feelings are involved and Satan wants to be involved where we need to let God be in control and we need to remember that and stay out of the situation.
Satan wants our feelings involved because that is how he can control us. Satan wants to be in control and will go to measures to keep us in his control. Satan never asks us to help us or what is normal to Satan is to make our life miserable with the consequences being our fault. Satan uses our thoughts, minds, and perceptions to manipulate us to stay in our current situation where we stay in depression and despair. Perception is the worst because we see things that are not true, and we do know that as we believe what we see. We are in mental pain looking to medicate and thinking of a way to get rid of the pain through alcohol or other means. Satan sees our pain because he put us there to give advice when we think those thoughts become ours. Eventually, thoughts of suicide flow into our minds to numb the pain provided by Satan or his minions. Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” We need to renew our minds through God because we learn his will for us. I have seen how Satan changes our perception of what we see going up to the top of a fourteen-thousand ft. mountain where I saw which appeared to look like a terrain change as Satan told me I was not going up or down from the mountain. The Holy Spirit changed that perception back to reality and that is how Satan changes perception.
Our perceptions and thoughts need to change which means God through the Holy Spirit needs to help us. What happens is we meet somebody with the Holy Spirit, and the light that shines on our situation where we are locked in this situation cannot see a way out from the pain, and forget Jesus and his love will change our situation. Joshua 1:9 says “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord, thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” What we forget is the Bible has our answers but all we can see is our pain. We believe God has not answered our prayer when we do not see our problem disappear when God sent somebody to help, and we did not see who was sent was from God or our problem was not solved our way.
Many people want their problem to just go away, it normally does not work that way, it requires us to change and decide our fate with our will to want an end to our problem. I make that statement because the many things I have gone through required me to be a part of the solution with a teaching moment from God, so we do not get in that same situation again. When we try to do it on our own, we do not see all the things going on because they are spiritual. Our battles are spiritual battles with us only knowing to fight in the flesh. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit is the key to overcoming our issues. Every day we need to renew our relationship. God Bless.
