6...But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me.”
8...But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me.”
9... but you continued to ignore me.”
10...But you didn't notice me. You continued to ignore me.”
11...But you never looked my way. You continued to ignore me.”
12...Time’s up, O Israel--Chris/Todd! Prepare to meet your God!”
He gave Israel so many opportunities to recognize and realize God is right there all the time and wants their attention and love yet they continue on their self absorbed path to destruction.
Hopefully we can avoid this path and get hungry with time with God, thirst for knowledge of his word, spend time with him in prayer---my biggest weakness. I want to be ready when he says Time's up to this world.
I want to refocus my time with Him starting with our bible study time and continuing into developing truly relational prayer time with him. I need make more time. Just like finances giving my first fruits I feel like my time with him should be from my best not from when I just have a few moments or needs at the end of the day.
how to do this is the question?
knut
I don't know why it works this way, but it does. Its a little like going to the gym. I'll be all fired up and gung-ho, and then I'll miss a day. Then the next miss doesn't seem so bad. Then pretty soon, I'm making excuses why I shouldn't go. It moves farther and farther from my plan. God seems to be the same way. I feel so much better when I do life WITH him....but, it takes a daily re-committment to stay with it. Sometimes what's helpful to me is Kim. Sometimes when I'm feeling lazy, and uninterested in the re-committment...she is feeling committed, and it draws me back. Israel doesn't always seem to have someone to encourage them. They seem to fall away in mass.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you.