Just me and God
I love having that quiet time with God. He really does talk with me. Recently in my searching for a better understanding of him I realized that I was frustrated because God and I had no personal and individual parameters for our relationship. While the plan for salvation has been the same for everyone and the promises of God are for everyone who is his child, our relationships are individual. God doesn't talk to everyone the same way, and God doesn't give all of us the same gifts and calling. The Bible gives us a wonderful foundation for our relationship with God, but we have to press in if we are really to develop and grow. We have to learn the relationship dynamic that we have with God.
I asked God "do you do anything out of covenant?" He answered me before I could even finish my sentence with a resounding "NO". He wasn't yelling he was just definite. God works in covenant and he has shown that from the very beginning until now. Each of us has a purpose in this world and I believe that in order to focus our efforts and truly flow in that purpose we need to have a contract agreement with God. It may sound impersonal, but when you are talking about how you are going to operate your life and how you are going to interact with God and the world around you it is VERY personal. This is more like a marriage contract or a parent/child contract than a business one.
It pleases God when his people ask him what he expects of them, and what they should expect from him. It pleases God for his children to ask God for covering and his seal on their lives. I am going to do this and set our relationship apart so that my relationship with him will not only be dynamic, but have a strong and unique operating structure. I am learning so much about God just meeting with him like this while everything is quiet and I am focused on him. I am just so glad that God actually reveals himself and his ways to me. (side note: I finally understand that we can't reveal God to people he does that for himself. We are just witnesses of his revelation in our own lives) Halleluiah to the God who wants our relationship to be special and distinct.
If we look at the Epistles of Paul in the new testament we see the different ways of people living for God. Some were huge givers and others were strict. Some of the churches were exciting and joyful while others were prayerful and militant. I am saying this to say that it is okay to worship God differently. It is okay to talk to God differently. It is okay to abstain from certain things as your covenant with God, and it is okay to worship God with excitement and boldness. It is okay to be quiet and reflective. It is okay to be loud and animated. The bottom line is that we should work within the confines of relational boundaries with God, and because God never goes against his word we should begin our boundaries with the word of God. Above all no matter what our personal relationship dynamic with God we must worship him in spirit and in truth. I encourage all people to go and find that secret place where you and God reside and invest in understanding your personal relationship dynamic with him. God has a plan for how he wants to interact with us, and when we get in tune with him then amazing things will happen in our relationships.
I asked God "do you do anything out of covenant?" He answered me before I could even finish my sentence with a resounding "NO". He wasn't yelling he was just definite. God works in covenant and he has shown that from the very beginning until now. Each of us has a purpose in this world and I believe that in order to focus our efforts and truly flow in that purpose we need to have a contract agreement with God. It may sound impersonal, but when you are talking about how you are going to operate your life and how you are going to interact with God and the world around you it is VERY personal. This is more like a marriage contract or a parent/child contract than a business one.
It pleases God when his people ask him what he expects of them, and what they should expect from him. It pleases God for his children to ask God for covering and his seal on their lives. I am going to do this and set our relationship apart so that my relationship with him will not only be dynamic, but have a strong and unique operating structure. I am learning so much about God just meeting with him like this while everything is quiet and I am focused on him. I am just so glad that God actually reveals himself and his ways to me. (side note: I finally understand that we can't reveal God to people he does that for himself. We are just witnesses of his revelation in our own lives) Halleluiah to the God who wants our relationship to be special and distinct.
If we look at the Epistles of Paul in the new testament we see the different ways of people living for God. Some were huge givers and others were strict. Some of the churches were exciting and joyful while others were prayerful and militant. I am saying this to say that it is okay to worship God differently. It is okay to talk to God differently. It is okay to abstain from certain things as your covenant with God, and it is okay to worship God with excitement and boldness. It is okay to be quiet and reflective. It is okay to be loud and animated. The bottom line is that we should work within the confines of relational boundaries with God, and because God never goes against his word we should begin our boundaries with the word of God. Above all no matter what our personal relationship dynamic with God we must worship him in spirit and in truth. I encourage all people to go and find that secret place where you and God reside and invest in understanding your personal relationship dynamic with him. God has a plan for how he wants to interact with us, and when we get in tune with him then amazing things will happen in our relationships.
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