What if God isn't absent? What if you just haven't recognized Him yet?

When life doesn't make sense, one of the easiest questions to ask is:

“God, where are You?”

Jacob experienced something similar in Genesis 28. After encountering God in a place where he hadn't expected Him, Jacob woke up and said:

“Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” — Genesis 28:16

God hadn't suddenly arrived.

Jacob suddenly recognized Him.

Looking back at Kilimanjaro, I understand that differently. Before the storm ripped our tent loose, before survival became more important than reaching the summit, the people we would desperately need were already walking the mountain beside us.

I just couldn't see what was coming.

And sometimes life is like that.

We want God to explain the route. We want to understand the closed door, the difficult season, the unexpected person, the unanswered prayer.

But faith isn't always understanding what God is doing.

Sometimes faith is believing He's present even when you don't understand what He's doing.

In Episode 172 of Summit After the Storm, we're talking about recognizing God's presence in the places we never would have chosen and learning to pray a different prayer:

“God, help me recognize You, even here.”

Because sometimes we don't recognize God's presence until we look backward and realize...

He was already there.

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