When
we sit alone, we are never truly lonely as long as the Spirit of God resides
within our spirit. When we craft deliberate times during our day to be alone -
"all-one"- with the Lord, He readily meets us right where we are.
So often we rush through life
meeting deadlines and using up every ounce of human effort, which we possess. We gulp caffeine to
wake us up, and then swallow pills to quell the headaches produced by our
hectic lifestyle, and yet another pill at night to put us to sleep.
We depend on self-effort to
deal with whatever life throws at us. We mistakenly think that nothing will
ever get done if we do not do it our self. We resist the compulsion to
delegate, because we want to stay in control.
We forget that God does not
call us to work for Him, but rather for us to allow Him to work in and through
us. God does not leave us abandoned in this world (Hebrews 13:5). He walks in
us, with us and through us as a vital part of each moment of every day.
He has an eternal plan for us,
which He designed before we were ever born (Ephesians 2:10). Walking in His
will is the greatest opportunity that life on this earth offers to us. God is
always within us, ready to commune with us whenever we give Him the chance.
Prayer gives us the
opportunity to communicate with our Father God. All it takes is for us to silence the
cacophony within and without; and then to listen and to focus all of our
attention on His Spirit's direction from within our spirit.
God
designed us to live as a Temple for the Holy Spirit, a dwelling place fit for a
King. Relying on Christ's righteousness gives us His strength to resist the temptation
to live in sin; His life in us makes holiness an attainable task.
Prayer:
Father
God, my soul waits silently for You, because You are the source of all of my
joy. My soul finds rest in You alone, and my salvation comes from
You. Help me to enter that quiet place
within my spirit all throughout the day, no matter what responsibilities claim
my time, so that I can focus on You and enjoy fellowship with You every moment
of my life.
We
can be united with You, engulfed by You, and filled through all of our being
with You (Ephesian 3:16-19). Remind us that we can be one with You while driving
in rush hour traffic commuting to and from work, while walking on the sunny beach listening to the lulling cadenced of
the swishing surf and the call of gulls floating on the breeze, and also as we
move through the routine of our daily life.
Thought for the Day:
The
Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus already set us free from the Law of
Sin and Death; therefore, we can grow closer to Christ in silent
times throughout the day - having focused alone (all-one) time with Him, even
when our to-do list gets longer by the minute, life swirls hectically all
around us, and responsibilities demand our attention.
- Romans 8:2
