Communication with our Father

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards
those who earnestly seek him.”
……Hebrews 11:6

Knowing God intimately is our objective and as this verse says, “He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” As we come to know God, it requires a seeking spirit. Communication is vital for all relationships and vital as well to our personal relationship with God. The word “seek” is defined as trying to find a particular thing; to obtain something; to consult somebody to obtain something such as help or advice. I prefer that latter definition…..what better help or advice could we receive than God’s?

My seeking lately has led me to discovering God’s faithfulness. The books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job and Psalms all show us the heart of God. We see how He fulfills the promises He gives to His people. Ezra sees God answer his prayers. Nehemiah sees God’s goodness when allowed to go rebuild the walls. Esther shows how God strengthened her character. Job’s depth of understanding God’s nature gives him victory over Satan. The Psalms are your journal guidebook and always celebrate God’s faithfulness.

God’s word is our source of strength and learning the nature of God. Continue to “earnestly seek” Him in prayer and His word. You will grow stronger as you spend time developing your relationship with God.

Be Still and Know that I AM God

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalms 46:10 NIV

Talking to the Lord as our friend and dialoging with Him is the key to having a regular day infused with prayer. He will speak back to us through our hearts and minds and we will begin to be totally aware of His presence in our lives. God is not distant from us and He longs for our communication with Him and to be the friend who accompanies as throughout our daily life.

Another practical step to infusing prayer into our daily life is removing some of the activity that pulls us away from our relationship with the Lord. We begin by looking at our schedules and seeing how much time we spend doing things, some of which are very good things, but still not relevant in this pursuit of prayer relationship with God. Margins are necessary in our lives to make room for hearing opportunities.

To develop a friendship we must spend time together, talk together, listen to each other, study each other’s character. We can compare this to our dating before marriage. We couldn’t wait to be together and to listen to every detail of each other’s day, to sit together, talk together, walk together and plan together for our future. This is God’s desire for us in relationship with Him. We must get to know Him personally. He is not a faraway being who is distant from His creation, He is a person who has every emotion that we have and loves and grieves for us. He wants to be our Father, our Daddy.