I have heard quite a lot of people telling me that life is complicated, intriguing, hard to live, so frustrating, and so many other similar calling. Even on an online social networking site, a relationship status can be identified as “It’s complicated.”
Is it THAT complicated???
I may create some controversies here, but I do believe it is THAT simple.
I remember some time ago I prayed about so many challenges, questions and hurdles in my life: from the small stuffs to serious matters. I babbled throughout that one night to Him, about what should I do with this, what should I do with that, why it is like this and that is like that and other the bla…
And when I got silent, He broke the silence with a very simple answer: “You only need to ask me and you’ll know it.”
I was struck.
I did “absent” for so many months of prayer. When I traced back, I realized my life started messing around after I drew farther from Him, thinking that I knew enough about so much so I preferred to think and decide everything in my life by myself, not even considering seeking counsel from Him.
And my conscience struck me like a lightning: I was indirectly declaring myself “Smarter than God”! I put Him aside and leaning on my own understanding.
How embarrassing!
That very night I repented from my superb arrogance!
He told me how my life can be so easy to live in. It’s just a matter of keeping on asking directions to the Guide who knows it all.
Since then I’ve been practicing it, although not without flaws. Every time I have decisions to make, I will discuss it with and ask Him. And trust me, He does answer prayers.
Some friends who I have been sharing about it with asked me, “How do you know God’s preferred way for you?”
I just know.
He answered me with so many different ways that I can’t just say one or two concrete ways of Him doing it. He is way so much more creative than we can imagine. I just pray about my confusion, do what I know is right, and BANG! there He provided me with an answer.
Sometimes He answers it very bluntly and immediately…
Sometimes He answers it very vaguely and without me knowing it being answered already… (I know it after a while – sometimes years afterwards.)
Sometimes He answers it through His whatever creations…
Sometimes He asks me to wait…
But whatever the outcome is, He surely does answer prayers, in His own creative and sometimes unimaginable ways.
Since I’m back on His track, I can now happily declare that so many things I would deem in the past as complicated have all now transformed to simplicity. Some answers are (and were) even beyond my expectation and imagination.
It all becomes so much simpler by walking with God and seeing from God’s perspective and not from Human’s imperfect perception and perspectives.
I believe, when we are well connected to Him, it will be easy for us to identify His answer. Resting our life to the One who knows it all is so… comfortable, and not to also mention, hushing frustration and complicatedness away from your life.
Don’t worry, be happy. Our God is an awesome God, He is.
