The Lord doesn't ask for much. Surrender, devotion and obedience are little compared to what our Lord gave for us. I find myself always at a loss for words all the time. I struggle and the Lord continuously has His arms around me. I struggle most with prayer. With devotional time. It seems my mind comes up with continuous things I could be doing instead.
Wrong. The most important thing is to talk to God. I hunger for his voice. I crave his presence. You know something remarkable. God's presence is always with me. But do I always tune myself to it? Nope. I always wonder when I cry out to God to hear his voice or feel his comforting hands if he laughs. Because his voice is there. I just don't listen for it. The fault is on me... never on the Lord.
My challenge for myself is to get back to the hunger for the word of God I had a year ago. To want to dig deeper into his word and look at it more as something I love instead of another chore. I find myself programmed as a mom on routine. Schedules dominate my life. My kids have a morning and bedtime schedule. I schedule around my house chores etc. Why do we have to schedule in God?
The answer? We shouldn't. Our lives should be scheduled around God. Great word I recieved there. It's a battle in my little world. But a battle I am going to face head on because of all things in this little life, this love I have for the Lord is the most important. It goes above and beyond anything. And when I go to meet my Father I want him to smile upon me and say Well done my good and faithful servant well done.
So back to Quiet, Stillness, Peace. Going to find a quiet place to talk one on on with God? Yes. Be still before Him so we can communicate and draw closer to one another? Yes. Find peace in the Lord because he is with me? Always
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This is exactly what I needed to hear. I have been having the same struggle. I need to make studying the scriptures and getting on my knees to talk to my Heavenly Father more of a priority. My goal is to begin each day with 30 minutes of just contemplation and prayer. When I do that, I notice a tremendous improvement in the way my day goes. So why can't I seem to remember to do it everyday? It kills me that it seems like the Lord is an afterthought sometimes. And I don't mean for that to happen at all. I just get so caught up in the daily hustle and bustle and the routines, like you said, and I just simply forget.
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