To Use or To Lose

Lets be honest, we have all used someone as a "friend" when we needed something at, least once in our lives right? Weather it was befriending that kid for a piece of gum or something more. Well let me ask you this how many times have you used God as "friend" just so you could get his help with a certain situation? I am being honest I know I have multiple times and sometimes I don't realize it but most of the time I do. Because being human I make mistakes too. And I use God when I need him. But sometimes don't maintain the relationship. I say when life is at the highest of times oh yes I love God yet I am still wrapped up some in the world and say I got this God. Yet when disaster strikes I am crying out and yearning for His attention and his help. The question I often ask myself is why am I not seeking his attention 24/7. He is God after all He isn't human and won't ever be, which means He won't ever act like a human. He is God it shouldn't have to be based off of a feeling by saying I am mad today I don't feel like giving God my attention or I am happy today I will worship Him today. It is about serving Him on a daily basis with your own will. God didn't make us to be caught up in the motions but rather He made us to live with His divine purpose and His heart in us. He created us to serve Him and to know Him more. But we cannot know Him more if we don't have a relationship with Him. Let me ask you this do you remember that kids name in middle school you asked gum for prolly not. It goes the same way with our God. WE cannot get to know Him if we don't put forth effort to understand His heart more. Where we pick up our feet and realize we NEED him on a daily basis not just every Sunday or every time a severe storm hits us. WE gotta embrace that our God is good and He is full of love. I think so many times the "church" says this is how your relationship with God is suppose to look. We get so caught up in that it becomes a religious thing. And soon after we promised God we would spend 30 min with Him daily, each day it starts to get shorter and shorter. We need to realize that HE IS GOD and HE IS WORTHY. Its not because of what we feel or what our day was like but it is because He is our Father, Maker, Healer, Provider, and so much more. Let us stop being distracted with the things of earth because they shall perish but let us focus on the HEAVEN BOUND because those are the things that will last for Eternity. Sometimes after a long dry season with the Lord we don't know how to pick ourselves back up, well here is a thought maybe you don't need to pick yourself up maybe this is a season of letting the Lord carry you. There is no better way of getting to know him than through the embrace of His love. The more you seek the Lord the more you will find him... It is like any other relationship you have to talk to the person and engage conversations to have a healthy relationship. Getting to know God more doesn't require you to pray for 5 hours straight with complete silence. It means just talking to God about whatever, like how the sun is beautiful today or your meals or just random stuff. God isn't boxed inside the church He doesn't just show up on Sundays and makes you suffer for the rest of the 6 days with out Him... NO It clearly states in the bible that Our God will never leave us or forsake us. So since this is true why do we not accept the fact that God is with us in our work, in our homes and in our cars. Sometimes we need to realize how much God means in our lives. I know with out Him in my life I would probably not be here today. It takes time though for a relationship with God. No relationship will happen over night. God wants this relationship for a life time though. He wants your undivided attention why? SO HE can bless you with the things of heaven, the fruits of the spirit. The more we PUT IN to Him the more blessings HE Will OUT POUR onto us. Our God isn't just that "friend" He is God and it is time we realize what are the things in my life I am giving my most attention too at the time FACEBOOK, Texting, TV, ect. Give to God and you shall receive abundantly. Give Him your attention and your time and He will bless you. And by time it doesn't have to be a whole 6 hours because God sees your motives behind ALL our your actions. He knows your rising and your leaving He knows every single thought. So why don't we start giving God our everything not because we have to our, because we are "required to" but rather because we want to get to know God more.

God Bless