“God has a right to interrupt my life. He is Lord. When I accepted Him as Lord, I gave Him the right to help Himself to my life anytime He wants”
p.48
Were you able to take a walk with God today? Share a picture or your experience if you did
“God has a right to interrupt my life. He is Lord. When I accepted Him as Lord, I gave Him the right to help Himself to my life anytime He wants”
p.48
Were you able to take a walk with God today? Share a picture or your experience if you did
I agree with Tu that today’s devotion was a breath of fresh air. It Felt really good to just spend time walking with God.
I took the pup out for a walk and became lost in thought thinking about today’s daily devotion and the days prior, kind of assessing where my love relationship with God is at right now. Perhaps that’s not something I can just assess like a scoreboard, but while praying I asked for a better love relationship and the strength to hear Gods word as I’ve been having trouble doing so. So I think it’s safe to say the score right now would be kind of low, but things are looking good and I’m not discouraged, I’ll come back and win ? Because while walking I was able to remind myself of one of the main messages we’ve been seeing in this passage “You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing”… so although there may be crisis or struggles, if the correct Godly adjustments are made, my love relationship with God and my experiences will grow.
I pray Lord that these adjustments in my life involve fully obeying you, and loving you wholeheartedly. I pray I recognize the work you’re accomplishing in my life.
As we spend time with God, we will learn a lot about Him, His Word, His purposes, and His ways. We will reach the dimension where God reveals the secrets of his kingdom when we walk with him. We may also discover the glorious riches of knowing God through Christ—and to a greater extent thanks to the Spirit who has been guided us. The more time we spend with God, the more we understand Him. He will keep opening our eyes to His will. Walking with God entails conforming to His will. We will never be perfect, but we may strive to make it our heart’s goal to please God. We cannot bring our terrible life choices and habits along with us as we walk with him. God’s ways will be reflected in our thoughts, actions, and choices. We will get to know Him better during the day as we see Him working through us. But learning about Him is not the only reason we should spend time alone with God. We will love Him even more as we learn more about Him and experience His eternal love. Because we love God and enjoy His fellowship, we will desire time alone with Him. We must make it a priority in our lives to love Him completely.
I will find time to go on a walk this weekend. “People who struggle to spend time with God don’t have a scheduling problem; they have a love problem.” Many times I find myself not spending time with God because I am too tired or would rather do other things. That is because my love for Him is not great enough. Lord, I pray that my love for you will grow deep and i will make it my first priority. May I desire to know you and love you like I love my family and friends.
From Charlie:
I will post the pictures from my walk momentarily. I did a 45 minutes walk around the block of my house. At first it was a bit awkward. I was trying to talk to God and praying and asking Him questions and it just felt like a monologue. No answer of course and I can’t feel the Holy Spirit or anything. But then about half-way through, I just stopped with my monologue and just try to feel the Father walking with me and putting His hand on my shoulder and we just walked. Then I started to look up to the sky and I started to examine the things around me and noticing the beauty around me and life. I feel the warm sun and the breeze and I breath in the ocean breeze and I just walked with God. No agenda and remembering that He will let me know when He has something for me in His time not mine. Just because I put up some time to walk with Him doesn’t mean that He’s obligated to give me a revelation. Just walking with Him and feeling the miracle of life around me and just enjoying the exercise was His agenda for me today. Nothing more than just a simple stroll with His child. Thank you Lord for the pleasant change in my daily routine. It was so nice to walk with You for a little while and for You to remind me to enjoy the day and breath in the air and stop to “smell the flower”.
Ok it’s a bit (sike, very) late to do the walk, and that just goes to show how little I’ve prioritized time with God. All the head knowledge and apologetics in the world pales to having a love relationship with God. Before these past couple weeks we’ve been in this devotional together, spending time in God’s presence was rare. This is a good reminder that devotions are not a checklist, or even a duty. It’s a privilege to spend time with God every day. I need to see it more like that and less of something to check off my list. I liked the readings point that the primary reason of dating/spending time with someone when you’re in a relationship is because you simply enjoy being around them. I want that back for my own life.