29/05: JUST DO IT!
Category: General
Posted by: Pastor German
Many of you know that I truly enjoy reading Henry and Richard Blackaby’s devotional EXPERIENCING GOD Day by Day. Today is no different because I came across the devotion for March 24th entitled “Going Farther with God.” It caused me to truly think about my relationship with GOD and also my prayer life. In the devotion it pointed out that we have people today that are satisfied with just having a surface relationship with the Lord! Wow! I believe he is right on target with that! I agree with him because of the fact that many people who come to church have it in their hearts that because they have attended service then they are good for the week! They have made their appearance to the LORD, when really they have made their appearance to the people in the church and the enemy has deceived them into thinking that they must me good to go with God! You see the devil does not care whether or not a person goes to church or not – what he is concerned with is whether you apply what you heard while in the church! We can shout, we can dance, we can speak in tongues all day long but if we are not applying what the Word of God says, then the devil does not see you as a threat, but rather an ally or maybe I should say a spy!
Friends, I don’t want to have a surface relationship with the LORD! I don’t want to be classified as a hearer only! I want to do what the Lord says! It is my heart’s desire to serve the LORD with gladness and to serve HIM in a way that is pleasing in HIS sight! I ask the LORD to help me to use HIS word effectively in every situation of my life! This is the key to having more than just a surface relationship with the Lord!
The devotion pointed out that when Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane and it was obvious that the disciples missed the significance of Jesus asking them to watch and pray! So much so that Jesus went a little farther and prayed. In that moment most significant Jesus prayed alone! Even Peter, James and John – “They initially prayed with Jesus, yet even they could not grasp the significance of the moment. Ultimately, Jesus prayed alone. He went farther than His disciples and prayed longer. At the greatest moment of intercession in human history, there was no one willing to go with Jesus and watch with Him.”
The rest of the devotion and the main thrust of the devotion I will share with you and I pray that you will meditate and consider the challenge posed to the readers:
Throughout history God has looked for those willing to yield everything to Him and His desire to redeem a world. At times God has marveled that no one was willing to go with Him (Isa. 63:5; 59:16). The prophets seemed to grasp more than the common people, for while society carried on
as though nothing were wrong the prophets agonized and wept over what they knew God was preparing to do. God is calling you to go deeper in your prayer life with Him.
If you are willing to be the person Jesus can take with Him into the most sacred moments, you will experience things only the angels shared with Jesus in the garden that night.
I desire to be that person to go deeper in my prayer life with the Lord! Easily said than done! But what I must do is “nikersize” it! JUST DO IT! And see where it would lead – as the article suggest: “… you will experience things only the angels shared with Jesus in the garden that night.”
Sincerely
Your Pastor
Friends, I don’t want to have a surface relationship with the LORD! I don’t want to be classified as a hearer only! I want to do what the Lord says! It is my heart’s desire to serve the LORD with gladness and to serve HIM in a way that is pleasing in HIS sight! I ask the LORD to help me to use HIS word effectively in every situation of my life! This is the key to having more than just a surface relationship with the Lord!
The devotion pointed out that when Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane and it was obvious that the disciples missed the significance of Jesus asking them to watch and pray! So much so that Jesus went a little farther and prayed. In that moment most significant Jesus prayed alone! Even Peter, James and John – “They initially prayed with Jesus, yet even they could not grasp the significance of the moment. Ultimately, Jesus prayed alone. He went farther than His disciples and prayed longer. At the greatest moment of intercession in human history, there was no one willing to go with Jesus and watch with Him.”
The rest of the devotion and the main thrust of the devotion I will share with you and I pray that you will meditate and consider the challenge posed to the readers:
Throughout history God has looked for those willing to yield everything to Him and His desire to redeem a world. At times God has marveled that no one was willing to go with Him (Isa. 63:5; 59:16). The prophets seemed to grasp more than the common people, for while society carried on
as though nothing were wrong the prophets agonized and wept over what they knew God was preparing to do. God is calling you to go deeper in your prayer life with Him.
If you are willing to be the person Jesus can take with Him into the most sacred moments, you will experience things only the angels shared with Jesus in the garden that night.
I desire to be that person to go deeper in my prayer life with the Lord! Easily said than done! But what I must do is “nikersize” it! JUST DO IT! And see where it would lead – as the article suggest: “… you will experience things only the angels shared with Jesus in the garden that night.”
Sincerely
Your Pastor
