Closer to God

A young man was unemployed for several months and growing increasingly anxious, he went to speak to his pastor.

As he poured out his heart to the pastor, he said angrily: "I begged and begged God to speak to me but He never did. Why doesn't God answer?"

The old pastor who was sitting across the room spoke something so softly that the young man could not hear so he moved nearer to him and asked: "What did you say?"

The pastor repeated himself but again in a soft voice. The young man moved nearer again and asked: "What did you say?"

Finally, the young man got so near to the pastor that their heads were almost touching. The pastor then said: "Sometimes God whispers so that we will move closer to Him."

The ultimate purpose of divine guidance is so that we may grow closer to Him, and in drawing near, we are transformed into His likeness.

- Benny Ho, Discerning the Will of God

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)