Writing in the morning can really help get your brain juice working. You come up with stuff and you wonder where it comes from. It’s the same with meditation or just sitting down before talking to anyone in the morning and just thinking. Anyway, I was doing my usual morning devotion and after praying I decided to just sit and listen to what God had to say and he spoke to me about a few things in my life and about a few people. Isn’t it amazing when we just sit down that we realize that our answers to our prayers can come immediately? But how often do we get the chance to just patiently wait for His answers?
After listening I decided to write in my personal Journal since I haven’t had a moment to write in it for a few days and I usually write in this particular notebook in the evenings. I thought I’d share an excerpt from my Journal entry this morning and how I discovered another amazing trait about this Wonderful Jesus. ……I’m still sitting in bed. I love the quiet peacefulness of the morning and how it feels like to be alone. Just me and God. I don’t like breaking it. That’s probably why people sometimes think I’m cranky in the morning. … Once I’ve spent time in the morning or during the day praying or studying the word, I have no desire to get into any long conversations about money or what somebody did or said or didn’t do. It spoils the little slice of perfect heaven I’ve come back with. I guess I can understand how Jesus must have felt when the disciples bombarded him with questions about their needs and their worries and who is greatest in the Kingdom. Jesus is perpetually living in perfect peace despite the worries, suffering and the natural circumstances around Him. He is living in complete tranquility. It’s no wonder that He is the Prince of Peace. Jesus is operating at a higher level to all his friends. When you pray you are uplifted and you rise above the problems and worries of everyday life. But what happens after you say the final ‘Amen’? Are we still above the cares and worries or do we plummet into the abyss of everyday existence? I mean, when my mum comes with her questions or list of instructions it really does feel like it’s all just cutting the flow, but Jesus would not be troubled by that.
WWJD, What would Jesus do? I think most of us could answer that question, but here is the real question: How does Jesus do what he does? How do I balance the supernatural with common humanity? I think it has a little to do with being real with God about what is going on with you. Dealing with those requests, but remembering that after the warfare we need to wait to hear from God. Let God speak to you and I believe that God answers our prayers immediately. We just don’t wait to receive the answer, which most often comes in the form of blessings, strength and an increase of the fruit of the spirit. …If we receive peace and patience we will be able to stand strong and graciously in the midst of the extreme turbulence or the daily hassles without irritation. …
In devotion, quantity is synonymous with quality. I’ve come to understand that there is just no way around it.
After writing this, I thought about how many times I must have missed out on the daily benefits of peace and grace God promises. I also thought that Jesus wants us to come to him with our worries He invites us to cast our cares on Him and to take up his yoke and learn from Him for His yoke is easy and His burden is light. So, rather than feeling irritated with us when we come into his presence with our daily stress, cares and worries He rejoices over us and delights in our communion with Him. Likewise, we are empowered and engraced to express this aspect of our relationship with God with others around us. What keeps us in everyday Supernatural-Mode is knowing that our encounters with God are intended not only for our own personal enjoyment like a moment of catharsis that is only internal and most likely temporary, but instead is meant to cause us to help and save others. Jesus frequently went away to recharge himself spiritually and spent deep intimate moments with Father God and when He came down the multitudes were already waiting for Him with their infirmities, sickness, demon-possessed state, sins, problems, challenges, hypocrisy and plots to kill him. But he always had the right answers, always had the solution, always had the remedy. On one instance, he came down from his favorite praying spot and found a storm, yet he calmly walked over it. Deep moments with God, where you give time to really listen to God and listen to what he has to say will cause you to walk on unstable waters like on the dry ground. In devotion, quantity is synonymous with quality. I’ve come to understand that there is just no way around it.
We Grow in Faith 