Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.
-Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV)
-Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV)
The Lord calls to me “Come closer.” He beckons me to draw near. But I am too busy to sit at His feet. My mind is too full to listen to what He desires for me to hear. He whispers, “Be still and know that I am God.” But I cannot for I do not have the patience to be still. I long for His direction, for Him to reveal the path to take, but I cannot hear Him over my own voice.
“For God is in heaven, and you on earth; therefore let you words be few.” is running over and over in my mind tonight and I find myself in a place of reflection and examination. So often I approach prayer as a time to blurt, a time to just put everything out there and dump it at the Lord’s feet and then continue on with my day. While my burden is lighter, I find that I am still wanting. I am wanting direction, I am wanting clarity and discernment, I am wanting wisdom, I am wanting to know God’s will, I am wanting to hear God’s voice. I am left wanting because I have not allowed God to speak. I have forgotten, or maybe I never really understood until this moment, who God is. I have been seeing God as a friend who is always on call, who will listen to me whenever I need an ear to hear me. But I have failed to really see Him for His glory; I have been lacking the reverence for God that He deserves, the reverence that Mary had as she sat quietly at the feet of Jesus. Oh, how I long to be more like Mary; to desire nothing more than to sit at the Lord’s feet, hanging on and breathing in every word He speaks.
In the gentle breeze He speaks ever so softly, “Do you love Me?” Yes Lord, yes I love You and I want nothing more than to sit at your feet and bask in Your glory!
Shhh…He’s calling to you, “Come closer.” He’s beckoning you to draw near. Can you hear Him?
“For God is in heaven, and you on earth; therefore let you words be few.” is running over and over in my mind tonight and I find myself in a place of reflection and examination. So often I approach prayer as a time to blurt, a time to just put everything out there and dump it at the Lord’s feet and then continue on with my day. While my burden is lighter, I find that I am still wanting. I am wanting direction, I am wanting clarity and discernment, I am wanting wisdom, I am wanting to know God’s will, I am wanting to hear God’s voice. I am left wanting because I have not allowed God to speak. I have forgotten, or maybe I never really understood until this moment, who God is. I have been seeing God as a friend who is always on call, who will listen to me whenever I need an ear to hear me. But I have failed to really see Him for His glory; I have been lacking the reverence for God that He deserves, the reverence that Mary had as she sat quietly at the feet of Jesus. Oh, how I long to be more like Mary; to desire nothing more than to sit at the Lord’s feet, hanging on and breathing in every word He speaks.
In the gentle breeze He speaks ever so softly, “Do you love Me?” Yes Lord, yes I love You and I want nothing more than to sit at your feet and bask in Your glory!
Shhh…He’s calling to you, “Come closer.” He’s beckoning you to draw near. Can you hear Him?
COACH'S CALL TO ACTION
- When many where speculating as to who Jesus was, Jesus asked His apostles, “Who do you say that I am?” If Jesus where to ask you this today, how would you respond? (Matthew 16:13-16)
- When Jesus showed Himself to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, He asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” (John 21:15)
- Read John 21 and answer the following questions.
- What is your “these”?
- What would your response be if Jesus were to ask you, “(Insert your name), do you love Me? Do you love me more than these?”
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