Where did you go? God has never and will never, leave nor...
Where did you go?
God has never and will never, leave nor forsake us, but sometimes we believe this was put in the bible to fill out paper, we tend to forget that not only is the bible filled with Godly declarations, it’s also filled with Godly promises.
God has placed things in the bible for us to claim, think of it like this, God went to the store (calvary), saw what he wanted (humanity), made a decision to purchase it and went to the checkout to pay for it (the cross) took out his wallet (Jesus Christ) and pulled out his credit card to complete the transaction (His Blood).
He did it for us, all of God’s promises are authenticated, because of the power of the cross, if the master of the world could come all the way from heaven, down to earth to pay such a hefty price for us, when we surely did not deserve it, then his words and the things he has written are sure to be true.
“God did not send his only son, to tell mankind lies and fairy tales, he sent him to set the captive free, with truth.”
“God went so far, to draw us close.”
But to be honest, my prayer life and my level of faith doesn’t reflect this truth, knowing all of this, I still don’t trust God with my everything, and so because of this I end up leaving my place of communion with God.
“What a privilege and a honour it is to know, that the Almighty God just wants to meet with you.”
I’m busy, i’m late for work, I haven’t got the time, I’ll speak to you later God, this is what we say and do every time we neglect our devotion unto God.
“The question isn’t, where did God go?, the question is where did we go?”
This has nothing to do with God judging us, or loving us less, its about this, if we truly love God as much as we speak, sing, rap and dance about, then why can’t we just give him our all.
“Our devotion is such a tiny offering, compared to Calvary, but nevertheless we should lay it at the father’s feet.”
I get so vex with myself, because i’m so easily distracted, phone calls, text messages, whatever it may be, it’s nowhere near more important then my time with God, then suddenly this idea dawned on me, I had to take the iPhone approach.
“The iPhone Approach”
I turn my iPhone on for a particular task (devotion), but I get caught up in doing too many things at once, now all these applications are open and running (distractions), but now my phone is running slow, it’s doing things it wouldn’t normally do, it has began to malfunction (life), so what’s the solution?, shut down all my applications and focus on one thing at a time (Seeking God).
This means our time and our attention, has to truly been given over to God, lay it aside, just for a moment, and give God your undivided attention.
A perfect example is when I play temple run, (iPhone only, sorry lol), I refuse to answer tweets, texts and even calls, why?, because it takes concentration and discipline, to complete my mission, everything else makes the task harder and even longer to complete.
Now i’m applying this very same approach to my life, because I’ve had enough, of not taking the wonderful opportunity I’ve been given, to get to know God the father more intimately.
“I not only want to know you more, I need to know your more, because your place is where I find safety and refuge.”
God, i’m so sorry for leaving your presence, thinking I could live this life on my own power an strength, I need you daily, every hour I need thee.
Daniel (db)