I’ve been reading a devotional that pinned me to the wall.
I read that most people are putting God on hold thinking that someday they will have the time to focus on Him. Right now, they just have to get this done, or go there and meet that person, or…whatever. The time to meet with God just doesn’t happen.
Last week I wrote about stress and needing the rest that God supplies. This week, it’s about running hard to get things done. I still need His rest.
I read in another book that this Christian life is not an event, but that it is a journey. Hmm. What a relief! I wonder why I never arrive—it’s because Father God always has another pinnacle for me to reach. He is fashioning me into a reflection of Himself—IF I allow Him time with me.
Sometimes the struggle is intense. But how sweet it is at the end of the struggle and His loving Voice comes through. Remember, child, that I have called you to the better thing which is to walk with Me. I love you the same now as I ever did or ever will. Will you come away with Me? Will you let My Spirit flood you with My mercy, grace, forgiveness and peace? Will you let Me chase away the darkness your soul has wallowed in? I AM the better way, Child. Come, follow Me. Let the birds sing in your soul and beauty blossom where it can be seen. Come away with Me.
I suppose it is inevitable that there is always a struggle as long as life on earth endures. But who can resist such a warm and tender Voice filled with yearning for…you? And me.
“My beloved spoke, and said to me: Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away,” Song of Solomon 2:10.
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