I used to pray for stuff. God was basically Santa Claus. But much of the time God wasn’t holding up his end of the deal. Where’s the money, Jesus?
If you’ve ever asked “why is God not answering my prayers?” I have an uncomfortable answer for you.
The Head Problem
When those “give me” prayers didn’t work, I tried every Law of Attraction technique I could find. Crystals. Sage. Pyramids. Meditation. Some of them worked. Or at least I convinced myself they worked.
But they didn’t work consistently. Why?
Because I was trying to do everything from my mind instead of my soul. I was focused on the stuff and not on how I thought the stuff might make me feel. I wanted stuff because I thought I would feel better in the having of it.
That was flawed thinking. And the long way around.
You can’t receive from a place of grasping. The energy of desperation repels what you’re reaching for. I was praying like a beggar instead of a child who already belongs.
The Signal You’re Missing
When I finally moved from my head into my heart and allowed all those uncomfortable feelings I’d been stuffing for years to surface, I discovered something: a signal had been broadcasting to me all along.
It was so buried under feelings I didn’t want to acknowledge that I never noticed it.
I felt stuck because my emotions were stuck. When I unglued those and started processing through the emotional backlog, a deeper insight began presenting itself.
That insight started showing me where everything I wanted actually was.
The answer had been waiting. I just couldn’t hear it over all the static I’d created by refusing to feel.
The Answer
Why is God not answering my prayers? Because I was asking from my head, not my heart. I was treating prayer like a transaction instead of a relationship. I was bypassing the feeling work that creates real change.
God speaks through feelings, not logistics. When you clear the emotional static, the signal comes through clearly.
The prayer isn’t answered by God handing you the thing. The prayer is answered by you becoming capable of receiving it. That becoming happens through feeling, not forcing.
This is the lens the Bible is meant to be read through.
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The Practice
Stop treating God like a vending machine. Stop trying to manifest from your head. Feel what you’ve been avoiding first. Process the emotional backlog. Let the signal come through.
The uncomfortable feelings you’ve been stuffing? Those are the static blocking reception. The triggers you keep avoiding? Those are the invitations to clear the channel.
Then listen. Then act. Godspeed.