(Why God won’t help me?)

During our lives, our fathers occasionally bail us out of bad situations of our own making. Perhaps picking us up from a party or gathering gone bad. Bringing us home intoxicated. Paying speeding tickets, and the list is endless. Many times worse infractions than listed. As we become Adults, these transgressions hopefully become less frequent and we grow into Healthy Adults. One of our lifetime’s greatest rewards is to hear our Father say “Great Job, how proud I am of you”.

During ‘childhood’ our fathers gave us everything we needed to succeed. As an Adult, your Father will most likely become much less forgiving and understanding.

Recently, I was thinking how nice it would be if God would just make everything right in my life. How easy it would be for him to remove negative thoughts, conflicts, habits, addictions and simply bring his Sheep into the fold. Why doesn’t he?

When Jesus fasted in the desert for forty days, I don’t believe God took pleasure in his hunger pangs. He took pleasure and was Proud of his Son for giving up something he strongly desired.  A Sacrifice to God with no request for help from God to easily achieve this end. God looked upon Jesus and declared how proud He was of his creation. God gave up some of his own Being and Power to create Jesus, the Universe, Man and all that fills it.  As an Homage,  should we not sacrifice to honor God?

When asking God to help you with a difficulty, such as, Dieting, Addiction urges or Monetary / Personal problems, are you making God Proud of his Child? I don’t believe we should expect God to stop the destructive habits we have created for ourselves. Don’t ask God to remove our urge to over eat, Drink excessively, Tobacco usage, engage in sexual immorality or to improve a situation we created ourselves.

Stop drinking alcohol excessively to show honor to God for the sacrifice He made to bring you into existence, and to show your worthiness to belong to a Proud Father and remain in his Protection.

God does not exist to please us and do our bidding. Rather, like a good son who makes his Father proud. We should Honor and Obey God’s commands and desires freely which brings Glory and Pride to God.

Let us remember We are made in the Image of the Most High, and God has already given us everything we need to be successful. A Father wouldn’t send a child out on a journey without providing the necessary provisions. We were born and raised with everything we needed to succeed and make our heavenly Father Proud.

God takes no pleasure in our pain or loss, but we should voluntarily give up unhealthy activities to show our honor and appreciation of God’s attention and sacrifice to sustain us throughout our lives. By our sacrifice we Honor God and possibly he will give us the greatest Gift, Understanding.

In conclusion, Let’s not ask God for easy solutions to problems we created ourselves. Ask for enlightenment. For things we can do to promote God’s Glory and make God Proud of Us.

By giving up our addictions and evil ways, we Glorify God who love us as a child made in his image.

Asking for something is superfluous. God already knows what each one of us needs and it is already in our arsenal of abilities.  Show God your desire to Honor Him by emulating him and sacrifice to lift others to Glorify God who loves you as a Child of God.

John J Klosak MD FACS