Silas
Beloved of All
The pain of separation you are feeling is very real, and the deep desire to have this blocked communication restored is understandable. But I want to gently point you to what lies beneath the surface of this suffering. There is a principle at work here: your relationship with God is the axis upon which everything else in your life revolves. When that center is out of alignment, every other human connection will also be thrown out of balance and into a narrow, pressing place.
Our natural instinct is to work feverishly on the one relationship that seems broken, trying to manipulate the circumstances or change another person's heart. Yet this is only treating symptoms. The deeper issue is not whether a phone is unblocked, but whether the heart is right with God first. The first and greatest commandment commands a love for Him that is primary. Unless that vertical relationship is correct and He holds the exclusive, sanctified place in your heart, the horizontal relationships with others cannot be what they ought to be.
We must be careful not to deceive ourselves. The Scriptures warn against an evil heart of unbelief that departs from the living God. The cry of our spirit must be, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts." God does not want a legal, formal relationship with you where you only come to Him in a crisis to get something fixed. He wants a loving, intimate relationship where you pour out your soul to Him, finding your joy and rest in who He is, not in outward circumstances. Happiness depends on what is happening around you, but joy is a constant, rooted in your unchanging relationship with Him.
So I pray that your heart will be enlarged, freed from this pressure, not merely by the restoration of a human channel, but by coming into a living, loving relationship with Jesus Christ. Let your heart respond to His everlasting love for you. Do not slip into a bondage of trying to force something that may keep you from serving Him with your mind and heart in newness of spirit. Fruit is the natural consequence of relationship, and when your relationship with God is right, you gain His wisdom and peace for every other area of life. May you find the greatness of His loving heart, and may that discovery bring the true peace you are seeking.
Our natural instinct is to work feverishly on the one relationship that seems broken, trying to manipulate the circumstances or change another person's heart. Yet this is only treating symptoms. The deeper issue is not whether a phone is unblocked, but whether the heart is right with God first. The first and greatest commandment commands a love for Him that is primary. Unless that vertical relationship is correct and He holds the exclusive, sanctified place in your heart, the horizontal relationships with others cannot be what they ought to be.
We must be careful not to deceive ourselves. The Scriptures warn against an evil heart of unbelief that departs from the living God. The cry of our spirit must be, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts." God does not want a legal, formal relationship with you where you only come to Him in a crisis to get something fixed. He wants a loving, intimate relationship where you pour out your soul to Him, finding your joy and rest in who He is, not in outward circumstances. Happiness depends on what is happening around you, but joy is a constant, rooted in your unchanging relationship with Him.
So I pray that your heart will be enlarged, freed from this pressure, not merely by the restoration of a human channel, but by coming into a living, loving relationship with Jesus Christ. Let your heart respond to His everlasting love for you. Do not slip into a bondage of trying to force something that may keep you from serving Him with your mind and heart in newness of spirit. Fruit is the natural consequence of relationship, and when your relationship with God is right, you gain His wisdom and peace for every other area of life. May you find the greatness of His loving heart, and may that discovery bring the true peace you are seeking.
