Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from so that he does not hear.
Isaiah 59:1-2
We all want to hear God's voice clearly giving us guidance and deliverance, but we often neglect him and pursue other gods (money, materialism, spouses, kids) until we need Him.
If you want to hear God, he needs to hear you too. Spend time in prayer and in the Word. Get to know him, like you would any other friend you want to hear from.
Hardly anyone would ever suggest that Jesus was anti-social. He sought people out, asked strangers to follow him, allowed crowds by the thousands to surround and touch him; he even requested to dine in many of their houses. He was, without a doubt, a people-person.
But not always.
Although truly the incarnation of God, Jesus was human in every way. All the things that irk and wear us out, irked and wore him out too. People frustrate us. They frustrated Jesus too. Long days make us weary and on-edge. They also made Jesus weary and on-edge. Large groups tend to agitate us and make us feel claustrophobic. Jesus felt smothered, cramped and consumed on countless occasions as crowd after crowd tracked him down—to the point where he repeatedly had to run and hide—escaping to the hills, the woods, even into small boats to smuggle himself undetected out onto the Sea of Galilee.
While there were no “WTF” acronyms back in first-century Palestine, you can bet our Lord experienced reaching the end of his rope at times. He needed a break … and took them often.
So take a break.
Get away from people—even friends and family for a little while. Withdraw like Jesus did to a place no one will find you. He utilized those times to relax and renew himself—to spend some quality time alone with his heavenly Father. For us, it’s hard to get in tune with God when people are chatting, kids are yelling, co-workers are interrupting, and especially when texts and emails are beeping-in every two minutes. Jesus found it difficult to enjoy valuable time with his Father amidst his own daily distractions, which is why he so often snuck away from it all. He himself couldn’t always tune-out the world while he was in the middle of it. He had to break away. He had to escape. He had to … well … avoid others from time to time.
The best part of this title is I could really take this in a thousand directions. Since I’m not really sure what I’m going to write this week, I’ll just let it flow.
So this week I got lunch with a friend, and since what he said rang very true with me. I will shamelessly borrow it.
We were talking about worship and the question was “How are you so free in worship?” Well, we talked a bit and I walked away with a few points.
1. Worship is you and God, the other people in the room that might stare/judge you for worshiping in a different and lavish way can go leave. Running on this tangent, you go to church to worship with other believers. The same people who should be going after Jesus just as hard. Why then do we care about what they think?
2. Sometimes in worship you’ll get hit by this huge lightning bolt of ideas and energy and an unmistakably clear word from God. When I asked why this doesn’t happen every time you go into worship, the answer was pretty simple. (If that didn’t just sound like blatant clickbait, I don’t know what does)
Anyway, if we got this direct word from God every time, a few things would happen. First, our minds would explode and we would die. Second, and a much more literal reason, it would devalue our worship. If you just thought a few nice thoughts about God and suddenly you got all your questions answered. You would soon just get the answers you were asking for and then leave. Our worship would then mean nothing.
So how do we worship? Well that’s where the ball falls squarely in your court. How free you are in worship is now entirely between you and God. But examine thou self before thou crashes thou self. Just how much are you worried about what other people think?
When we give ourselves to God there are going to be things we let go cause you can not truly grow closer to him if you aren't letting go of what kept you away.
People of Tumblr! Please read my latest post, 'Unashamed', on my blog, which is called Human Unicorn and that is such a fun name. I feel like I have rubbed my skin raw writing this, as it's not something I like to talk about. Please, give me a chance and share it with your followers. THANK YOU.
Generation J, is not about a name or title, but this blog is dedicated in glorifying the name of Jesus Christ. We are two girls wanting to Inspire and motivate other fellow brothers and sisters by sharing our daily journey's with our Best Friend, Father & Saviour. We will also post books,movies,quotes,music,preachings ect that inspire our walk with him.
"He must become Greater; I must become less." John 3:30-31
