Beloved, why do you still stumble when God answers in a form you didn’t expect? Have you not yet learned—He is God, and you are not? He owes you no explanation. He is not bound by your deadlines, your plans, or your prayers wrapped in presumption. He is El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient One, whose thoughts are higher, whose ways are perfect, and whose timing is beyond your measure.
You cried out, and He heard you. But when He came, you didn’t recognize Him.
“He has no stately form or majesty that we would look at Him, nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him.”
—Isaiah 53:2 (NASB)
You expected thunder. He answered in a whisper. You looked for a door; He sent a wilderness. You prayed for victory; He gave you a cross. And now you doubt Him?
This is the pattern of God. He wrapped the King of Glory in swaddling cloths. He crowned the Messiah with thorns. He conquered sin not with armies, but with blood. So why do you still expect Him to move on your terms?
Elijah stood on the mountain, wind tearing through the rocks, fire raging, earth shaking. But the Lord was not in those. Then came the sound of a gentle blowing. And there—there—Elijah wrapped his face, because he knew. The Lord had come.
You must stay close enough to hear the whisper.
This moment—right now—is not about your comfort. It’s about your communion. It’s not about control. It’s about consecration. The religious leaders missed Yeshua Himself because He didn’t match their theology. They searched the Scriptures but refused the Word made flesh. They were so certain of their version of God that they crucified the real One standing before them.
“He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.”
—John 1:11 (NASB)
Beloved, are you doing the same?
Do not resist the way of the Lord. Do not miss the miracle because it came in broken bread. Stop rehearsing the way you think He should come. Instead, pray this: “Lord, that I may receive my sight!” (Luke 18:41, NASB). Ask the Spirit of Truth to tear down every assumption, every lie, every idol dressed in your expectations. Then, open your eyes.
Let your spirit be tuned to His presence, so that whether He comes in fire or silence, in power or in pruning, you recognize Him.
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
—Psalm 34:18 (NASB)
You were never meant to lead Him. You were made to follow—step by step, breath by breath. And if you walk with Him, you will see His glory. Not always in the way you imagined, but always in the way that transforms.
Receive what He gives. Recognize who He is. And rejoice in how He comes.