In the last few months I have neglected my quiet time in the mornings, instead I have snatched an extra hour in bed deluding myself that I will have my quiet time at lunch or after work, which is a complete Dawn Delusion, and I know it!
One recent morning, having had my lie-in, I rushed off to work and tossed my bible into my shopping bag in the car with the intention of reading it at lunchtime. I was running a little late and my petrol light came on, reminding me that I also needed fuel, however I knew I could fill-up after work.
At lunchtime I did actually go to my car for a quite time, where God lovingly showed me the lunacy of my ways. For me, not finding a spacious place in the morning to align myself spiritually is like not putting fuel in my car and letting it run on empty, as I remembered the red light on my dashboard from that morning I laughed at God’s humorous reminder.
After getting my bible out of my shopping bag, I recalled this promise Jesus gives us: “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me”. John 6:35-30 [The Message]
Life is not easy; however it is more powerful on our knees seeking that spacious place, than it is trying to stand on our own two feet. Some days we choose to remain in that old black and white life when we could be experiencing life in Technicolor, in the presence of the one who “delights in us”.
If you have time, listen to this piece from “The Mission”, Gabriel’s Oboe (9 mins)
Dawn Milward
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