{"id":915,"date":"2018-08-20T22:39:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T22:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/?p=915"},"modified":"2018-08-20T22:39:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T22:39:44","slug":"god-can-get-your-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html","title":{"rendered":"God Can Get Your Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-903\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/405\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"quotes of encouragement\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you think that after everything you have been through in your life, that God isn\u2019t with you? Do you think that the God who created you in His image, the God who sees you as flawless and perfect in His eyes, would suddenly just turn away from you in the middle of the hardships you\u2019re facing? God has brought you through all the hardships all the strife in your life so far, do you think that He really wouldn&#8217;t be with you through the situation you&#8217;re facing right now?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you\u2019re facing right now, he will get you through it. Cry out to Him and ask for His help. There is nothing that He won\u2019t bring you through. Even when you can\u2019t see the way out of a struggle, just continue to trust that His plans and His ways are bigger and better than yours. Tell Him that He can have His way with your life, no matter what happens and do your best to keep that same attitude throughout life.<\/p>\n<p>Has God gotten you through your financial difficulties and give you the money you didn\u2019t think you had, Has He gotten you through a situation where you didn\u2019t even think you had enough money to get appliances replaced? Has He proven to you that He is always there and you had the savings? Has He given you a chance to get some home improvements done that are desperately needed?<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had marriage troubles where you thought there was no way out? Were there arguments that you didn\u2019t think you would get through with your spouse? Did you cry out to God in earnest and beg Him to spare your marriage before that chapter closed on both of you guys forever? God hears those cries no matter how silent they may be. He always hears your cries, no matter what they are about.<\/p>\n<p>Do you really think that He&#8217;s just going to leave you to handle things on your own? He won\u2019t just walk away from you and leave you to figure things out on your own. He gives you some of His strength in order to ride out any storm you face. You can ask Him for more of His strength whenever you are in a place when you need support. \u00a0He will never leave you or forsake you. He loves you enough to die for you. He freely gives your life and eternal salvation, so why would He ever leave you?<\/p>\n<p>Just because Satan makes you feel as though you\u2019re all alone, don\u2019t believe his lies. \u00a0Satan can make you think that there is no way out of any situation that you are in right now. Even in the middle of temptation, no matter what, you are never alone and you never will be.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the verse from Deuteronomy 31:6 that says, <em>\u201cBe strong and courageous.\u00a0Do not be afraid or terrified\u00a0because of them, for the\u00a0Lord\u00a0your God goes with you;\u00a0he will never leave you\u00a0nor forsake\u00a0you.\u201d<\/em> It will always be true, too. Never forget that He is always with you.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHave I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.&#8221; Joshua 1:9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTrust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;\u00a0in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.\u201d Proverbs 3:5-6<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whenever things become too much to handle, you can and probably should always turn to God for support. Turn your anxious thoughts into prayer. Replace your anxious thoughts with peace. The peace that comes from God is the peace that surpasses all human understanding. It envelops you and takes you over whenever you pray. \u00a0It makes you realize just how powerful your connection to God really is. Trust that God can heal you from your sickness or heal your family member from any sickness that they are facing. Trust that God is with them and with you.<\/p>\n<p>Look at everything that you thought you\u2019d never get through. By His grace alone, you made it through. You might have stared death in the face and made it out alive. What are some of the places where you were in despair to the point where you couldn\u2019t even think of turning to God? Most of the time, during those dark hours of your life, is when God is trying to get your attention and turn you back towards Him. He is trying to help you understand that you don\u2019t have to continually wear yourself down to the bone and rely on your own strength. That is where He comes in.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Him when He is trying to get your attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think that after everything you have been through in your life, that God isn\u2019t with you? Do you think that the God who created you in His image, the God who sees you as flawless and perfect in His eyes, would suddenly just turn away from you in the middle of the hardships&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":611,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1172,314,1016,1669,1670,1668,1671],"tags":[1672,1673,1675,1676,1674],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice-for-a-better-life","category-all-about-jesus","category-all-glory-to-god","category-attention-getter","category-get-your-attention","category-god-can-get-your-attention","category-god-wont-abandon-you","tag-attention","tag-attention-getter","tag-cry-out-to-god","tag-god-wont-abandon-you","tag-goda-got-your-attention"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How God Can Get Your Attention in Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"God won&#039;t abandon you, nor is He afraid to get your attention in any way He can. Just when you think you won&#039;t hear from Him, that is when He shows up.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How God Can Get Your Attention in Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"God won&#039;t abandon you, nor is He afraid to get your attention in any way He can. Just when you think you won&#039;t hear from Him, that is when He shows up.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"We Wait He Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arwohler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-20T22:39:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/files\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexis Wohler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexisWohler\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How God Can Get Your Attention in Life","description":"God won't abandon you, nor is He afraid to get your attention in any way He can. Just when you think you won't hear from Him, that is when He shows up.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How God Can Get Your Attention in Life","og_description":"God won't abandon you, nor is He afraid to get your attention in any way He can. Just when you think you won't hear from Him, that is when He shows up.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html","og_site_name":"We Wait He Works","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arwohler","article_published_time":"2018-08-20T22:39:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/files\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg"}],"author":"Alexis Wohler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexisWohler","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html","name":"How God Can Get Your Attention in Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/files\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-20T22:39:44+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-20T22:39:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/#\/schema\/person\/85ca32d2d91efb3ab3f33b702e2b1d19"},"description":"God won't abandon you, nor is He afraid to get your attention in any way He can. Just when you think you won't hear from Him, that is when He shows up.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/files\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/files\/2018\/08\/beatitudes-300x200.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/08\/god-can-get-your-attention.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"God Can Get Your Attention"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/","name":"We Wait He Works","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Alex Wohler","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/#\/schema\/person\/85ca32d2d91efb3ab3f33b702e2b1d19","name":"Alexis Wohler","description":"We Wait, He Works is all about telling people about how God can change their lives, their perspectives about life and how He is always working in any situation. The author, Alexis Wohler, is a freelance writer from Ohio. Contact her at arwohler@gmail.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/arwohler.wixsite.com\/portfolio","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arwohler","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexisWohler"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/author\/awohler"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}