thoughts on devotion
It’s amazing how God gives strength. The last couple of weeks have been more than great. The last days, I was given the chance to share my experiences with my dearest friends, cousins, and even the church congregation. It has been CHU-RAAAZY what God has been doing in my life. My prayer is that God will give me more, more, more of His love, knowledge and wisdom. He has been feeding me with so much love! “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” I’ve heard these words I think about 2,31million times, but I only started to realize what they say. He is around us 24/7 bro! When you are asleep, at school, eating, watching TV, He is always there! And He is just waiting for us to say “What’s up God?”. He wants us to start a conversation with Him, literally SPEAK to him and spend a little bit of our day with Him.. still sometimes it seems so hard. Once we understand that we have to do something in order for God to move in our lives, I am telling you.. it is going to change your life! For me, the word “devotion” meant that I should set my alarm, open my devotion-app every morning and find out what God wants to say to me. “Man, I hope that this devotion helps me through my problems and I hope that it’s the perfect one for me, and if not, .. well maybe tomorrow!” Now I realize and understand the true meaning of true devotion. It is not all about reading some random stories with some random bible verses.. It's more than that! Of course it's very important to read the word everyday and everything- but it's not just that. Devotion is not even hard to do you know? Sometimes it feels like a burden to us but in reality, it is something so beautiful that gives YOU strength! Actually God doesn't need us to come to Him but man,.. He is so good that He allows us to come to Him whenever we want. And that my friend is such a great gift that we have to cherish. It's better than anyone or anything can offer. Everyone has a different devotional life, and I hope that we would find the way in which we could spend time with God FOR REAL. If that means that you experience Him with the TV on, so be it. Or maybe when you are listening to some random worship songs in the train, so be it. But you have to find the way you can draw near to Him in order for Him to move in your life.
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.'' Matthew 6:5-6
--ejr