Last Sunday, up at Bass Lake’s Little Church in the Pines, Pastor Herk gave a sermon message on Christian living instructing us, “Don’t make God wait on you”. When we should pray and ask God to speak, act or move, it seems like we can be just too busy to. We have too many things going on in our lives. Ask yourself if God is a priority in your life or do you make Him wait. Distractions and disturbances occur daily that demand your time, draw you away and cause you to miss out on many matters. In this busy cycle, it doesn’t take long to get out of the habit of accomplishing what needs to get done. You miss once, you miss twice and before long, it is hard to get the routine back. It is extremely import to get into a disciplined spiritual routine, block the time out and stay in it. Whether in a time of joy or trouble, we have to make time for our relationship with God, especially in prayer.
Romans 12:10-12 “Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer.” This is an essential formula for us to follow, but we get distracted. Yet, we need to maintain our personal relationship with the Lord, for He is our constant hope. Our worship and praise together in the house of the Lord, our desire to know God and draw closer to Him is proof that we have hope in God. Some good questions are: (1) Do we just want to believe in God or do we what to have a real relationship with Him for Christ followers? Going to church alone doesn’t make you a Christian; just like going into a garage doesn’t make you a car. Actually following Christ is a daily journey in personal relationship with the Lord. How has your relationship with God been lately?
(2) How much time do you spend reading the Holy Bible (the Word of God)? Reading and studying holy Scripture is another way of close communication with the Lord. Sometimes, you get reading a Bible passage and God speaks to you through that Scripture because it is the living Word of God, so we have to be careful to listen. We may not completely understand some of the deep spirituality and complex theology in particular passages. Some parts we read but don’t totally comprehend. We get the jest of it and believe it as truth because it is coming from God, but don’t fully grasp the complete concept. We don’t always know and understand everything that we read in the Word of God because the finite is searching the infinite God. The context is supernaturally revealed to us as the Spirit deems our maturity and readiness. That is God speaking to you also.
(3) How much time do you spend in prayer with God? Our heavenly Father wants our commitment and to hear from us every day. He hears every one of our prayers. God wants us to trust Him, to serve Him, to learn more about Him and to think about the things of God every single day. When our lives feel a little bit empty, we should put Christ in it. Pray and fill your mind regularly with the Lord. Individually, parts of the Bible we love to read; they give us encouragement, promise, comfort, assurance and hope.
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