Friday, February 6, 2009

How in the world do I have continuous communion with God?

I can't remember when I prayed for an hour, but I can't remember going an hour without praying-Smith Wigglesworth

I think that quote might be the definition (in fewer words or less) of continuous communion with God. The problem I and maybe alot of you encounter is sometimes it is hard to find one minute much less one hour in any given week. What would happen though if every hour on the hour we got up from our comfy beds or said in the middle of the workday, "Hey God this is me checking in. Just wanted to say I love you and your awesome". Maybe I am being a bit extreme, but this principle is something I implement in my life. I am happily married and love my wife, I mean truly love my wife. The reason I do, I believe is because in some way or another my thoughts are always turned toward her, whether it be a phone call or text or a thought of how blessed I am to have her in my life, I have a ongoing thought pattern turned toward her. Does that mean she's all I think about. No. But to quote Willie Nelson or Elvis(which ever version you like better) "She is always on my mind". I still have to do my job at work or be able to lead worship in front of people. I am pretty sure people would stop listening if I kept singing my wifes name over and over again and not lead them into worship. But my mind has to be there. "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he". It is the same with God. I must continuously have my thoughts turned toward him. Whether it is me calling on him out loud or in my mind and making sure he knows that I need him more than anything else in this world. That before him my life wasn't just out of control in was void and without shape. Always pulling from him and never stopping no matter how busy or how much I don't want too right now. CONTINUOUS COMMUNION. Taking of him and giving of yourself always. It can't just be a Sunday morning situation anymore, It must be more or their is no point to what we are doing. If my thoughts, words, and actions all come from the place where God is the center of me and everything I do, if I am in a perpetual motion of communing with him, the possibilties of what one person could do are limitless. This is the secret of the great men and women of God, the ones you have heard stories about. Let us go there. Let us go back to our prayer closets that have revolving doors. Let us commune with our God. Thanks for reading

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