I hear people say, "We need to find time during the day to spend with the Lord." However, I totally disagree with that. God deserves our attention and praise more than once a day.
Satan
wants us to give God a fraction of our time; so that he can command the rest of
our day. He makes us believe that once we do our duty in giving God a token of our
life, which we think is His due, then we can control the rest of our day and
night.
We
believe that if we pray in the morning and before going to bed, as well as when
we face a concern, worry or trauma, then we gave God what He expects. However,
we miss the guidance of God's Spirit, and this gives the devil room to kill,
steal and destroy (John 10:10).
God's
Word advises us to give thanks to God, to rejoice regardless of our
circumstances, and to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18); not
necessarily on our knees, but to converse with God each moment of our day.
As
we focus on God through every task He plans for us during our service in our home,
vocation and outreach into our community, we put social media, phone messages
and texts as secondary to hearing from God.
When
we consult God in every minute of our time, our day is full of divine
appointments and ministry opportunities. His voice is in the forefront of our
mind, and the cacophony of life cannot push it to the background or minimize
its effectiveness in our life.
We
use our own voice and personality in our prayers - no fake attitude or wordy
prose. We can even pray Bible verses that pertain to our circumstances, as we
meditate all day long on His Word. God hears our prayers regardless of the way
or place that we pray.
As
we go about the tasks and duties of our day, we make our requests with
gratitude, and live in praise while we seek His will for everything we say and
do. We chat with our Heavenly Father about every thought and emotion, as we
live out His perfect plans (Ephesians 2:10).
Prayer:
Father
God, we do not want busyness to become our enemy, preventing us from a day of resting
in Your will (Hebrews 4:10). Our
unity with You deepens as we converse with You all day long. Remind us to
listen (Matthew 6:7), as well as to speak; and to spend time with You in
companionable silence as we obey Your will for each moment of our time. We
enjoy Your presence in our day and night, and we give You praise for the myriad
of blessings that You pour out on us all day long.
Please
put people on our heart that need our immediate prayers, remind us of world
events for which we can intercede, highlight strangers in the crowd or those in
the persecuted church that need our prayers, teach us to use our drive time for
prayer and praise (James 5:13), and make us aware of those around us that are
in need of Your help through us. We seek Your counsel for every task You lead
us to perform all day long (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Thought
for the Day:
With
Christ abiding within us, we are privileged to commune with Him all day and
night long, and to consult Him for His perfect will during every moment of time;
that way He no longer needs to fix our mistakes, but we walk lock-step with Him
all along life's way.
