Wednesday 25 Jul 2012

Wednesday Reading: Psalm 63:1-11

Key Verse: Psalm 63:6
6  When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Devotion:
There are many ways in which we seek God, but unless we seek Him earnestly we shall always be wanting more. That may sound like a bit of a catch 22 in that you have to want Him to seek Him but it’s not about finding God or finding religion but about your own personal walk with Him. It is not about how much you get out of going to church or how much you get out of doing things for God but about how much you are willing to commit to a relationship with Him.

Before we get into a relationship with someone else we will probably notice a few things happening in our lives. First we will probably want to spend a lot more time with them so that we can get to know them better. The more time we are able to spend with them the more we either like them or the quicker we find that they are not right for you or you are not right for them. When we choose to spend more time with God we quickly find out that we are meant for each other and that He wants to be able to be in a serious relationship with us; if we are willing to commit to that serious relationship then we should do exactly that.

So what does this relationship mean? What exactly are we committing to? We are saying that we want to be totally honest with God, just as He is with us. We are saying that we want to know Him better each day just as He knows us. We are also saying that we want to be able to trust Him more each day; should He not want to trust us more each day as well?

Spending time with God does not just mean going to church at the right times and going to bible studies or whatever other meeting you can get to; it means making sure that you spend one-on-one time with God. Spending time alone with Him will allow you to draw that much closer to Him. Spending time alone will allow you to open up more to Him which is often something that we do find hard to do (even though He already knows us inside out!) The time that we should spend with Him should also be quality time and not just quantity. If we are going to have distractions surrounding us whilst we try to spend time with Him should we really expect that to be quality time? Quality time means shutting out those distractions and temptations so that we can concentrate on the relationship and on any conversations we have with Him after all, we would not get very far in a relationship with someone else if we choose to ignore them instead!

Points to Ponder:
How do you meet with God?

How often do you meet with Him?