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A \u201cdialogue with God\u201d? Is it presumptuous to imagine a conversation with the Almighty, to anticipate what He would say, or answer, to us? After all, the Bible is the inspired Word of God (\u201cin-spired,\u201d God-breathed), through which He talks to us. The commands, words, and sayings of the Lord are all first-halfs of conversations. Myriad heroes of the faith, in Scripture and out, testified to having a dialogue with God \u2013 some saints (as all believers can be classified) even contending, pleading, sometimes disagreeing with the Lord. Only good can come from increased and sincere communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the way, all of us have dialogues with God every day already. Perhaps continuously if not continually. That is the \u201cchannel\u201d of the Holy Spirit\u2019s presence in our lives. Sometimes the Holy Spirit masquerades (ha) as our \u201cconsciences,\u201d but there is<\/em> conversation. If it occasionally seems like a one-way conversation, so be it. Our silence \u2013 or God\u2019s seeming silence, sometimes \u2013 can speak volumes. The Creator of your soul is not going to let you drift away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So here is a dialogue I imagined recently, between one of our fellow mortals and God Almighty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord, I am sorry to have been out of touch, but I\u2019m really hurting right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know that I want you to share your burdens with Me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Things are not going great in my life. I pray, dear God, that you can change my rotten circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is that everything that troubles you?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord, there is so much more. My finances, my job situation, are really on the edge\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n And you ask Me to\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord, I plead with You to change my circumstances! I\u2019m drowning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your family and friends, are they by your side?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God, that\u2019s part of the circumstances. I\u2019ve let my marriage fall apart. I have let my friends become strangers. You can do all things! Can you fix these awful circumstances?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know all these things, My child. I have been waiting to hear from you\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Father, forgive me; I know what I have done. I have not sought You out lately. I\u2019ve been out of touch. That\u2019s a circumstance, too, that I need healed. I am hurting and desperate. Can you change my circumstances?I need You!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My beloved child, I don\u2019t need to change your circumstances. I need to change YOU.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my case, and maybe yours, it is kind of presumptuous to imagine what I<\/strong><\/u><\/em> might say, minute to minute. I can be kind of random. But for the sake of understanding Scripture, attempting to better know the Lord, seeking His will\u2026 we can carefully imagine a dialogue from His point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n