(non)& believing studiers of the BIBLE? Do you have knowledge?

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of scripture where God has advised someone to do something without an explanation of purpose or direction?

For the purpose of this question it does not make difference whether you believe or not. I need specific scriptural reference, please, and I know that many non-believers have vast scriptural knowledge.

I know someone claiming that God has directed them to leave where they are serving for Him and they feel He has not revealed an answer as to their next step(s) or the purpose this would serve for them and their family. This is troubling to me in that I have no experience or reference to this being the nature of God.

Abraham and the sacrifice God imposed, God's explained why and later brought a substitute - but there was explanation.... TheJews were led out of Egypt -directed to the Promised land, they didn't know where it was - but had a place to go

Specific references are most appreciated and general reference to book/chapter is gratefully received as well.

Thx

I am looking for reference where God has NOT provided explanation or direction.
More specific an example of the circumstances - a person is serving well where they are...many people are blessed by their presence. God directing them to stop serving Him in that place/manner and NOT providing any direction or additional information. Thx

If anyone is still there to answer -
what I am asking is, "Has God ever told someone to STOP serving Him where they are withOUT offering a plan of action?"

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Answer 1

I'm not sure what you are trying to ask. Are you asking for instances when God did give explanations later, or when he didn't?

Not that this would put a huge exclamation point in anyone else's life, but He has done that for me.
I have been on the worship team at my church for 5 years, and out of nowhere, God convinced me to step down. I had been very unhappy for many months, and had a bad attitude about it.
Equally out of nowhere, six months later, he had me return to the worship team. I had a fresh sense of how things where supposed to happen, and my worship was more genuine than it had ever been.
To put it in a nutshell: I stopped doing something I really loved, not knowing what would happen. God changed my heart for the better, and gave back what I loved; this time being even better than before.

Answer 2

You can pretty much pick up any section of the bible and find a story like that. The prophets tell good stories. Amos, Habbuku, Isaiah.

I myself was in a similar situation. Years ago, God called me back to the church. I'd been away for a very long time.

I was also called to live a consecrated life. I was all set to join a cloister. But God said no.

It was a lot of trial and error. I tried this. God said no. I tried that. God said no. I finally found what I was supposed to be doing.

And God was pleased.

It's all a matter of trust. The so called "leap of faith." It IS a leap because we are doing something drastic. And it is in faith because we don't know what's on the other side of the chasm.

We just trust that no matter how rocky the road is, home is at the end of it.

Edit:
What is wrong with you people? Leviticus is a book of laws for levite priests. It has NOTHING to do with this situation.

Answer 3

A suggested reading would be "Tramp for the Lord" by Corrie Ten Boom.

Yes, sometimes the Lord says "Go" without telling you why. But this only happens when He is established as Lord, and what He says GOs. But also remember that God will also provide abundant confirmation of His will regarding those moments.

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

As for Abraham trusting God regarding Isaac, remember that Abraham knew God had a problem. God made a promise to Abraham that through Isaac, all the earth will be blessed (ie Messiah will come from his seed). Abraham also knew that what he was doing was a prophetic model. This was detailed in Hebrews 11...

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,”

In answer to this, Abraham was POSITIVE that God would raise Isaac from the dead in order to fulfill the picture of the coming Messiah. This is why Abraham answered Isaac and said, "God will provide Himself a Lamb for the burnt offering." Hebrews 11 continues...

"...concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense."

However, God did not do it that way. Rather, He brought in a substitution. Abraham saw the picture, and named the place, "In the mount of the Lord, it shall be seen." Thousands of years later, on that very spot, it was seen. God gave His only Son to die for the sins of the world.

Answer 4

PERHAPS...... You could be More Specific?

GOD...... Never.... Violates His WORD..... Nor does HE... tell Anyone... to do so!

GOD.... Already KNEW.... what Abraham's choice would be... as HE does... our Choices!

THE TRUE STORY... is for US....!

(Rom 15:4) For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, so that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

THIS... also fulfills... MATTHEW 4:4 -&- LUKE 4:4.... Man does not live by bread alone.... BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD!

MISSING in the Lives of Many that say they are Christian... ARE... James 1:22 and Luke 6:46 and MOST OF ALL.... John 14:24!

Thanks, RR

Answer 5

See, I would use Abraham as an example here because he just Obeyed God, he didn't find out God had told him to do things until after the fact, he just had faith that God would not deliever him into evil, for the most part anyway, he did have his doubting moments.

Answer 6

I think you're looking more for stories, such as Isaac. But I would say that your biggest source isn't in stories but in Leviticus. The laws given, such as stoning disobedient children to death and mentruating women having to remain in tents are, in light of reality, without reason.

How about...the poor prophet who had to stay married to the prostitute? It was later "interpreted" to be a parable about Israel and God's faithfulness, but that is merely a non-literal interpretation. It is the book of Hosea. An interesting article is here: http://www.slate.com/id/2159976/?nav/fix/

Answer 7

Read Hebrews 11. The answer will come to you.

Answer 8

The lesson of the book of Jonah is to reject all the pressure from religious people around you to hate those who are different. That's a good lesson.

Answer 9

um well i think joseph (the one from jericho) god told him to go around the city like 7 times everyday and he didnt know wat for it didnt make sense to him but yet he obeyed and at the last day they blew trumphets (god know why????)
and the wall fell down and jericho was free
so i guess god has a purpose for everything even if it doesnt make sense to us he knows why