Things don’t change when I talk to God; things change when God talks to me. - Bob Sorge
I don’t set aside listening time for God often enough. I’ve grown lazy in waking up early enough to spend a few morning moments quietly with God, in His Word, or in silent prayer, waiting on Him. I need to go to bed earlier. I need to force myself to get up. I need to remember how much I yearned for that time before & remind myself why I cherished that time so that I’ll yearn for it again.
I’ve been so fortunate that God has still been answering my prayers lately in ways I do not deserve in the least, still making the way known to me, making His will known despite my lack of spending alone time with Him away from the distractions of life!
Thank You for Your graciousness, Lord, thank You for loving me so much that You continue to work in my life despite my own neglect of setting aside time & energy solely for You. How You bless me even though I fail You & never love You enough!
Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally & intimately, the One who invited us to God.
…don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, & generous love, each dimension fitting into & developing the others. With these qualities active & growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.
…confirm God’s invitation to you, His choice of you. Don’t put it off; do it now. - 2 Peter 1:3-10 (MSG)
