Sometimes, Christians are deceived, like everybody else. Be encouraged to know that God is real and is concerned for you!

As I finished praying, God sent me to Ezekiel 3 where Ezekiel ate the roll and then was sent to a hard-headed people... the most hard-head of people... God's people.
There are those of you reading this post and thinking about all that you know you should be doing for the sake of God's kingdom, but have not yet and will not lift a finger to get any of it done.
There are others of you reading this post who have been running from God for a long time. He just isn't convenient for you. You will be laughed at and ostracized for following Him. God isn't exactly the "in" thing and so you continue to run away from the only one who will ever love you the way He loves you. Maybe serving Him will jeopardize something else you hold dear. Ask yourself, though... isn't it worth it?
Still, there are others of you who started out well, but have gotten tangled up with the affairs of this world. You are so caught up in the lives of your family that you can't pray. Your financial situations or the heartache from a relationship that isn't going well is consuming your prayers. You can't concentrate on anything else. You say you love God, but He needs to do "this" first and then you will do "that".
God is about to shake some dead weight away. Are you part of the dead weight? Are you useful or are you like the fig tree? Are your big, beautiful leaves hiding the fact that you don't bear fruit? Were you created with a purpose you just refuse to fulfill? Are you still under the impression that you are your own master and so live your life for yourself? How sad!
Isn't it funny how life happens to everybody, but only those connected to Jesus come through it with a testimony and power? I don't care where else you look and what else you try, only Jesus satisfies. Doctors can soothe, but only Jesus heals. Relationships can occupy, but only Jesus comforts. Therapists can help you hide the problem. Only Jesus can uproot it.
I stand on behalf of my Father and ask you to stop running from God. Stop squandering your inheritance with those who don't really care about you. Stop chasing the things that don't satisfy. Stop serving a god that can't heal or bless or curse or care or love. Don't give your life to something that robs you of your destiny. Don't deceive yourself because self-deception is the hardest to break.
Remember there is truly a God. He lives. He feels. He cares. He thinks. He loves. He is diligent over His children. He is our Defender, our Strong Tower and our Rock. He has made provisions for us. He sent His Son to die for us while we were sinners and yet denying and persecuting Him. He stood for us when we hated Him the most. Who will stand for Him? Who will care about God? Who will concern themselves with how God feels? Or, how God thinks? Or, what God wants? Who? Will it be you?