I'm just wondering if any of you may ever wonder about this same question I have been thinking about.
I have read in the Bible all the times that people cry out to the Lord, begging for their circumstance to end. In the Psalms, God is asked "how much longer", "where are you", "why do you turn your face from me".
So I know from those examples that God is ok with us asking Him questions. I'm wondering though why I feel guilty when I want to ask questions, like "how much longer", "where am I headed", "what is the purpose of this", "why aren't certain prayers being answered". I feel like I'm being disrespectful and treating God like I don't love Him. I also feel like I'm telling God over and over again that just because I have questions doesn't mean that I'm not thankful for everything He has blessed me with.
Is this an attack? Am I not to ask these questions? I don't feel like I'm angry with God, I think I'm sharing my heart; which He knows anyway. So where does the guilt come from? I just read this morning how "God is slow to anger"; which I think God was showing me something with that verse. Maybe He was showing me that my questions do not anger Him. But again, what brings on my guilt? Maybe there is something in my "agreements" on God that has led to this guilt.
Just looking for comments, what you think, if you have been in this same situation before. I wouldn't say I'm "bogged down" by this guilt, just wondering sometimes why I feel it and felt like I should explore it.
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Romans 8 helps me sometimes. I have to say it out loud and read it over a few times, meditate on it, and sometimes yell it out so the enemy can hear me real clear. If I am needing to confess something, God will show me, if I'm really open and willing for him to change me. If it is false guilt, my focus on Christ's redemption for me, and my PRAISE to him for saving me and what he has done in my life, seems to get my mind focused on what is good, right, and true. I must admit, sometimes I just go through my day, my week, with such a downcast spirit, and I get so busy that I'm not even aware of it. When I finally realize what is going on, Romans 8 and praising God out loud helps me get back on track. It is a good thing that you are aware that something isn't quite right, and you have the desire to be changed, or to change it yourself. God hears you, he wants to hear you.
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