About when God says "No" in love…
Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a potsherd
among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, `What are you making?'
(NIV)
We ask God to give us what we think we want and need. Sometimes, God says
"No." However, in His answer there is love. God does not always do what we want
because He knows better what we need than we do. We may pray every day for some kind of
answer. When we go to the heart of God, He sometimes says we cannot have what we want or
need. When God says "No," it is not a harsh answer. It is not a harsh kind of
answer because He reveals himself to us in love. The Lord may not ever be willing to give
you the answer you want because of factors you cannot know about until you die. When we
receive the Lord's "No" answer, we must learn to trust Him, to invest our whole
heart in Him, and to be patient while we do His will each day. It is not easy receiving a
negative answer from God for we have so many expectations about Him. However, when we
trust Him, His negative answer to us may hurt us when we receive the answer, but when we
live with His will there is a degree of peace involved in living with what the Lord wants
for us. For the Lord does want things for you and from you. The Lord, in all His majestic
love, does want results from you and from your life.
