Prayer for Direction.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Something that keeps rearing its head over and over again in various conversations is this idea of how to seek God it times of decision and direction. After conversations with Joel, we narrowed it down to two trains of thought.
The first thought is to pray to God and wait for an answer. This may be in a sign, an audible voice, a Bible verse, an angel or some other supernatural way. Jesus used to go and spent time praying to God about things to come.
On the other hand, there is the philosophy of trying the doors and see what happens. Take the initiative and take action. Make your actions your prayers as you investigate what Gods plan for you is. God told Moses to do this when the Exodus took place.
So both ideas are biblical. I guess my question is simple: How does this work in practice? How long to wait for God to speak before we start to take action? Do just skip that part because it doesn’t usually happen?
I would appreciate your thoughts on this.