God is always faithful...ready to keep His promise to draw near to us as we draw near to Him. That is what I have discovered time and time again. In the past, I could accomplish some things on my own without leaning on His strength, but now, unless I am walking in constant acknowledgement of my need of Him, then whatever I am doing feels fake, like just going through the motions . I am not satisfied with going through the motions of life anymore...even for one day. I think that is where boredom orginates....in a refusal to draw nearer to God each day...at least in my life. I am not willing to settle for half of an effort in my spiritual life, and I refuse to live a boring existance into my old age. As Romans 12 says, our spiritual form of worship is offering our bodies as a living sacrifice daily, and God promises to renew our minds. We can constantly be renewed until we pass on into our new lives, so boredom should never be an issue....neither should bondage to any earthly thing.
Today in part of my Bible study, I read: "Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters, and you who have no money, come buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear, and come to Me, hear Me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David...Seek the Lord while He may be found, call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from Heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed to the sower and bread for the eater, so is My word that goes out from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55
I am asking God to keep it forever in my mind that only He can supply my needs. No matter what it is I think I want or need at any given moment, what satisfies me is being in close fellowship with Him. Worrying certainly doesn't help me or anyone else. I had a much better day today.
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