Seeking God and Talking to Him

God is worthy of praise. He's a just God who rewards those who diligently look for His presence. "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him" Hebrews 11:6. Punishment is something He doesn't like to do but it's sometimes necessary to help shape a person for the better. " For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and punishes each one He accepts as His child" Hebrews 12:6.

God is slow to anger and rich in mercy. He's slow to punish His children and will only chastise someone who keeps progressively getting worse and starts to wander from the narrow path. God is the ultimate Father who is always good, which is very hard to grasp if your earthly father hasn't been a good example of how a good father is supposed to be. If all you have ever been placed on you is limitations and potential failures that may happen, it makes it difficult to trust that God will treat you any different.

From my own experience, it's been extremely hard at times to focus on God and spiritual things when my physical world has so many trials and hurts clouding my heart and mind. Finally, when I stop focusing on all my problems and start seeking God again, I remember the goodness of God and He gives me comfort, whether through scripture, signs, or an inaudible voice in my head. I know it's Him because I will hear what we talked about in other conversations, TV shows, music, and other ways throughout the day to reiterate His message. "...This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed by those who heard Him. God also testified to it with signs, wonders And various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will." Hebrews 2:3-4.

It took me years of half-heartedly seeking Him and about a year or so of diligently seeking Him before He finally revealed Himself to me. First, it was through the Bible where I would just open it and read something pertaining to what I was going through. He would also speak to me through music. Finally, He started speaking to me in my head, something I have heard preachers talk about in their sermons and other people I have met.

He still speaks to me in every way I just mentioned, and I know it's God because He always repeats Himself in various ways about what we talked about. He sometimes gives signs and wonders while we're talking too. Signs only happen when people don't ask for them as I've come to find out. "A wicked and perverse generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it..." Matthew 16:4.

I wrote this for anyone who is questioning things in their life. I didn't really want to write an article about this because I thought people wouldn't understand or want to understand, Put God prompted me to tell a little bit of my testimony. Hopefully this reaches someone who needs to hear it. God is always there, you just need to look for Him until you find Him.