Does God Hear You?
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I've asked myself that question countless of times when I read about people having "conversations" with God , as I never got any clear answers from Him myself.
I think that when we cry out in true distress, God hears, no matter our past or present.
It's just that sometimes we're not in a state where we are able to "hear" his reply,
and sometimes his reply isn't what we wanted.
I think that when we cry out in true distress, God hears, no matter our past or present.
It's just that sometimes we're not in a state where we are able to "hear" his reply,
and sometimes his reply isn't what we wanted.
The title says it all. Does God hear someone reaching out to him when they're in distress, especially if that person doesn't devote much time to God? Or does God simply say, "I never knew you"? 
And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?
And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?
Ya mean, like a person has fallen off the side of a cliff, but, luckily, grabbed unto a protruding bush er tree branch, and is praying like crazy, asking God to get 'em out of this mess?
God: "Didn't ya grab unto that tree I guided yer fall into?
Person: "God?!....That was YOU??!"
God: "Why, Yes......Yes it was. There's a ledge below ya a few feet, but ya can't see it."
Person: "I dunno God, I can't see it!"
God: "Ya!! I know! Ya have to let go of that tree branch, and you'll be safe!"
Person: "Er um.....Got any other options?!"
Ya meaning something like that?
God: "Didn't ya grab unto that tree I guided yer fall into?
Person: "God?!....That was YOU??!"
God: "Why, Yes......Yes it was. There's a ledge below ya a few feet, but ya can't see it."
Person: "I dunno God, I can't see it!"
God: "Ya!! I know! Ya have to let go of that tree branch, and you'll be safe!"
Person: "Er um.....Got any other options?!"
Ya meaning something like that?
Ya mean, like a person has fallen off the side of a cliff, but, luckily, grabbed unto a protruding bush er tree branch, and is praying like crazy, asking God to get 'em out of this mess?
God: "Didn't ya grab unto that tree I guided yer fall into?
Person: "God?!....That was YOU??!"
God: "Why, Yes......Yes it was. There's a ledge below ya a few feet, but ya can't see it."
Person: "I dunno God, I can't see it!"
God: "Ya!! I know! Ya have to let go of that tree branch, and you'll be safe!"
Person: "Er um.....Got any other options?!"
Ya meaning something like that?
God: "Didn't ya grab unto that tree I guided yer fall into?
Person: "God?!....That was YOU??!"
God: "Why, Yes......Yes it was. There's a ledge below ya a few feet, but ya can't see it."
Person: "I dunno God, I can't see it!"
God: "Ya!! I know! Ya have to let go of that tree branch, and you'll be safe!"
Person: "Er um.....Got any other options?!"
Ya meaning something like that?
Not quite like that, no..lol.. I mean like, where the person doesn't give God much time, and then they face hardships or loss, and they reach out to God for comfort, but still feel alone..
J
It's a hard question I doubt there's any Christian who's not asked, a number of times. The Lord's ways are not our ways, His view the eternal and spiritual things having most weight, His wisdom often beyond our comprehension, beyond our very ability to see, here in the flesh, we seeing through the glass darkly. What it all came down to with Job is to fear God, absolutely trust in God, despite our own understandings, and this the beginning of wisdom. That, at least, has also been my experience with the hardest lessons of life I've not understood, and can say, in any instance, I've emerged more spiritually focused. And, after all, our purpose is to be ready for our life hidden in Christ, in glory, this world not our home.
The title says it all. Does God hear someone reaching out to him when they're in distress, especially if that person doesn't devote much time to God? Or does God simply say, "I never knew you"? And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?
And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?
HUH? .. We are ALL corrupted, and yet apparently God sees us fit to be "rehabilitated". Unless we are unrepentant, of course.
.. We are ALL corrupted, and yet apparently God sees us fit to be "rehabilitated". Unless we are unrepentant, of course.
J
Then, for example, could the Lord wish us to come to a place where we know we're not alone? To think this out more, in faith in Him? Perhaps He's waiting for a different answer than this? Just a thought, premised on God saying He would never leave us or forsake us, which seems to clash with faith that believes it's alone, despite the Lord saying He's with us.
OH! Then ya mean, something like: There's a little boy a sittin' on the curb of a street, just a cryin' and sobbin' "NOBODY LOVES ME, and MY HANDS ARE COLD!!" Just around that time, a little girl comes walkin' by, hearing this, and, asks the boy what the matter was. So, the sobbing boy cries out again: "My hands are COLD, and NOBODY LOVES ME!" To which the little girl replies: "Well?..JESUS loves ya!!........and, you can SIT on yer hands!"
If you are to believe that any nonbeliever, anywhere, at any time can genuinely pray to accept Jesus as their personal Savior and automatically receive the indwelling of the Spirit, then it stands to reason that God hears everything from everyone at all times. This is somewhat of an unfathomable thing for us humans. To process all that incoming information, it would involve a level of omnipresence and multi-tasking capabilities that are way beyond our understanding. So does God hear every person who cries out to Him in distress? I'd think the answer would probably be yes. Or at least, He should be capable of hearing every cry for help.
If you're asking if sometimes God ignores people's cries for help, then that's an impossible question for us to answer. God seems to be capable of hearing every cry for help, so whether he ignores them is between God and Himself. If you're asking why God sometimes doesn't rescue people who are crying out to him for help, well, that's an equally impossible question to answer. A small orphan boy lying in the streets of war-torn Africa cries out to God to help his hunger, but ends up dying of starvation, joining the millions of children who die of hunger in impoverished countries. A preteen girl forced into a prostitution ring in southeast Asia cries out to God to rescue her and her younger sisters from these horrible captors, only to end up dying at 16 from a forced drug overdose; her sisters suffering similar fates, as they join the ranks of the millions of children around the world that are involved in child sex trafficking/abuse. Many people will quickly blame mankind for these atrocities, and maybe rightfully so, but that doesn't change the fact that God could respond to these cries for help and rescue these children. Instead he chooses not to.
Maybe there's a greater plan behind it - sacrifice some to teach a lesson to the many, you reap what you sow, or something like that. But the strange thing is that God does sometimes respond, being credited with intervening many times in people's lives, even rescuing them when they cried out for help. So why does God sometimes rescue people when they cry out for help, but choose to not rescue many others? And how does this reality mesh with God's goodness and fairness. I guess nobody knows but God....
If you're asking if sometimes God ignores people's cries for help, then that's an impossible question for us to answer. God seems to be capable of hearing every cry for help, so whether he ignores them is between God and Himself. If you're asking why God sometimes doesn't rescue people who are crying out to him for help, well, that's an equally impossible question to answer. A small orphan boy lying in the streets of war-torn Africa cries out to God to help his hunger, but ends up dying of starvation, joining the millions of children who die of hunger in impoverished countries. A preteen girl forced into a prostitution ring in southeast Asia cries out to God to rescue her and her younger sisters from these horrible captors, only to end up dying at 16 from a forced drug overdose; her sisters suffering similar fates, as they join the ranks of the millions of children around the world that are involved in child sex trafficking/abuse. Many people will quickly blame mankind for these atrocities, and maybe rightfully so, but that doesn't change the fact that God could respond to these cries for help and rescue these children. Instead he chooses not to.
Maybe there's a greater plan behind it - sacrifice some to teach a lesson to the many, you reap what you sow, or something like that. But the strange thing is that God does sometimes respond, being credited with intervening many times in people's lives, even rescuing them when they cried out for help. So why does God sometimes rescue people when they cry out for help, but choose to not rescue many others? And how does this reality mesh with God's goodness and fairness. I guess nobody knows but God....
Wow blue made a thread in the bdf? That's pretty rare:b The answer yes he always hears us even if we never had anything to do with him our entire lives, the issue is our thinking that because we didn't hear an answer he didn't hear us. Believe me I am one who knows what it's like to call out to him in desperation to cry out in anguish and frustration and only receive silence not a single reply even when I needed to be rescued from my troubles- or at least how I wanted to be rescued.
i never doubted he heard me it's his response I was concerned about
i never doubted he heard me it's his response I was concerned about
The title says it all. Does God hear someone reaching out to him when they're in distress, especially if that person doesn't devote much time to God? Or does God simply say, "I never knew you"? And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?
And if he DOES hear somebody, why do they sometimes feel like he doesn't hear or answer?