He Is!

I have really been praying about my prayer life - I know that seems a little ironic, but I have been struggling with unanswered prayers and just not feeling like I am connecting with God in my prayer time. This morning I got up and asked God to please help me with this struggle - I know He is there and I know He loves me but for some reason He is not answering me. Then in Sunday School this morning we were reading the last few verses in James and we were talking about prayer and how the prayer of the righteous man availeth much. Who is righteous? No one, only by Christ and His righteousness - what He has done on our behalf - do we become righteous. So the righteous man understands his place and who God is and what God has done; he is not looking at his circumstances or his filthy wretchedness, he is focused on who God is and His promises to us. In Hebrews 11:6 we are told that without faith it is impossible to please God, when we come to Him we must believe that He is - He is what? Everything He said He is - our Provider, our Sustainer, our Saviour, our Healer, our Comfort - He is our everything. What is the remainder of Hebrews 11:6? He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him - I must admit I have been seeking the reward, the answer to my problem -not Him. I have been looking at my own unworthiness, my own uncontrollable circumstances and I am missing Him. Sometimes, I think we are so focused on getting out of the wilderness that we miss the greatest experience of all - God - in the wilderness with us, walking with us, talking with us, but we don't listen and we don't see that He has something so much greater for us if we would just be still and know He is God.