Why pray for God to CHANGE our circumstances instead of CHANGING us?

[St. SteVen]

From the OP. (worth reconsidering)

Something to REconsider.

At the risk of seeming callous...
God may have allowed your circumstances for a reason.

I've been there. When we encounter a tough situation we want to escape.
To free ourselves from the pain, aggravation, or discomfort.

Oftentimes God has a better solution than what we can reason on our own.
Moses didn't pray for the Red Sea to open as an escape route. That was God's idea.
Best to present our situation to God to receive his best solution.

I have a card on my desk to remind me of this. It reads: Turn it over to God.
Which means, the PROBLEM, not my SOLUTION.

Why pray for God to CHANGE your circumstances instead of CHANGING you?

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[Debp]

From the OP. (worth reconsidering)

Something to REconsider.

At the risk of seeming callous...
God may have allowed your circumstances for a reason.

I've been there. When we encounter a tough situation we want to escape.
To free ourselves from the pain, aggravation, or discomfort.

Oftentimes God has a better solution than what we can reason on our own.
Moses didn't pray for the Red Sea to open as an escape route. That was God's idea.
Best to present our situation to God to receive his best solution.

I have a card on my desk to remind me of this. It reads: Turn it over to God.
Which means, the PROBLEM, not my SOLUTION.

Why pray for God to CHANGE your circumstances instead of CHANGING you?

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Yes, sometimes God uses circumstances to refine us. It's having or using wisdom to realize that.

 

[St. SteVen]

Yes, sometimes God uses circumstances to refine us. It's having or using wisdom to realize that.

So true.
But our knee-jerk reaction oftentimes is to pray for escape from the situation, or to change the other person.

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[St. SteVen]

So true.
But our knee-jerk reaction oftentimes is to pray for escape from the situation, or to change the other person.

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If our prayers were an audible conversation with God, I wonder what we might hear? (that would be a game-changer) - LOL

--- PARODY ---

Praying person: Dear heavenly Father...
Answering God: I'm right here, no need to holler.
Praying person: Oh, sorry. Can you make Sally stop treating me so badly?
Answering God: I'm allowing Sally to behave that way.
Praying person: But that's not fair, she is being cruel to me.
Answering God: I'll take care of Sally, but what about you?
Praying person: What about me? !!!
Answering God: Maybe you are the one who needs to change.
Praying person: Why me? I haven't done anything wrong!
Answering God: What about your avoidance and indifference toward Sally?
Praying person: Well... what was I supposed to do? !!!
Answering God: What if you loved Sally instead of being offended?
Praying person: What good would that do.
Answering God: We are about to find out.

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[Behold]

At the risk of seeming callous...
God may have allowed your circumstances for a reason.

And what if He didnt..

You'll never know. @St. SteVen

So, I guess your "blame God" "Calvinism) theology, just crashed and burned, as it should.

 

[St. SteVen]

So, I guess your "blame God" "Calvinism) theology, just crashed and burned, as it should.

I think the blame God question was just that, a question.

St. SteVen said:
At the risk of seeming callous...
God may have allowed your circumstances for a reason.

And what if He didnt..

You'll never know. @St. SteVen

Are you claiming God does things for no reason. Are you an insurance salesperson?
Those "act of God" c;aims are pretty handy.

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