Leave me alone.

If God were trying to get you to do something, would you ever tell him to leave you alone?  Usually, that’s what you tell someone you’re fed up with.  You’re at your wit’s end and you’d rather just be by yourself than endure that person’s company.  We would never say anything like that to God, right?

It’s happened before.  Moses preferred for God to just leave him alone when God called for him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.  Elijah wanted God to leave him be after his life was threatened by the wicked queen Jezebel.  Jonah wanted to be left alone when God commanded him to go to Ninevah and preach destruction upon the place, though Jonah knew God would likely relent. 

Maybe we don’t use those words, but the intention is there with us at times.  We want to be left alone when called to serve, to teach, to encourage, or just be there for someone else.  We want to be left alone as God urges us to study, pray, and focus on our relationship with Him.  We need to hear the same admonition give in Hebrews 3:14-15…

⁴ For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, ¹⁵ while it is said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Notice that the writer uses that word “if” when referring to our partaking of Christ and His salvation.  We must actively partake in what God calls us to do if we wish to find Him in the end.  We cannot push God away when He calls us and we cannot ignore His voice. 

Sometimes the call of God is difficult, but like all those mentioned above, they eventually answered the call and did as the Lord commanded them.  Don’t tell God to leave you alone.  Instead, seek God’s presence in all you do and you too will partake in what He offers us.

In Christ, 
Michael Orr