What happens when we ask God to show up in our lives?
When you are going through something, a family situation, a job change, and illness, do you wonder where God is in the midst of all of that? I think most people struggle with this. God doesn’t leave us. We leave Him, and if you ask, He will show up.
I have never doubted God’s existence, but I have felt far from Him at times. When I moved to Atlanta I started attending a local Catholic church not far from my house that had a very active young adult group at the time. I hadn’t been going to mass regularly the years leading up to my move. I met many of my current friends through that group.
One of our organizers whose name escapes me now, told me something that I have never forgotten. She told me- “Ask God to show up, and He will.” I thought that was not possible. Why would God show up if I asked? I was having a rather difficult first year teaching at the school I was in, it was very different from the school I had come from and I cried a lot that year.
One day in May, I was feeling discouraged while driving to work and I thought, ok, I’m going to give this a try and I said “OK God, I need you to show up for me today.” I didn’t expect anything to happen. I was in for a surprise. That day, two girls presented me with a Mother’s Day card that thanked me for all the things I had done that year “mothering” them. What??? I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary by my measure for them, but they thought I did. God showed up.
That experience was over 20 years ago and it showed me the power of the ask. I have asked many times over the years that God show up or God take care of a situation. He always does.
When you are feeling far from God or feel like a situation is hopeless, say the words and ask God to show up for you and He will. I promise, you will never be the same.
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