Is god personal to you, or merely an acquaintance?

These notions a out god are many and varied, bit they who hold them have one thing in common: they do not know god In personal experience.  The possibility of intimate acquaintance with him has not entered their minds.  While admitting his existence they do not think of him as knowable in the sence they we know things or people.

Christians, to be sure, go further than this, at least in theory. Their creed requires them to believe in the personality of god, and they have been taught to pray, "our father who art In heaven."  Now personality and fatherhood carry with the the idea of personal acquaintance.  This is admitted, I say, in theory, but for millions of Christians nevertheless, god is no more real than he is to the non-Christian.  They go through life trying to love the ideal and be loyal to a mere principal.  

Taken from "the pursuit of god". By a.w. Tozer 

Be still and wait

There are times of indecision and confusion, where even the most willing person, who eagerly desires to serve The Lord, does not know what direction to take.  So what should you do in this situation?  Should you allow yourself to be overcome with despair?  Should you turn back in cowardice or in fear or rush ahead in ignorance?

No you should simply wait-but wait in prayer.  Call upon god and plead your case before him, telling him of his promise to help.

From streams in the desert 

Many will be purified, made white, and refined. But wicked people will do wicked things, and none of them will understand. Only wise people will understand. From the time the daily burnt offering is taken away and the disgusting thing that causes destruction is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed are those who wait until they reach 1,335 days. But go on until the end. You will rest, and you will rise for your inheritance at the end of time.” (Daniel 12:10-13 GW)

God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us. River fountains splash joy, cooling God’s city, this sacred haunt of the Most High. God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn. Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us. Attention, all! See the marvels of God ! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee. “Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.” Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us. (Psalm 46:1-11 MSG)

In our world it's easy to be in a hurry, to rush around worried about our next commitment.  Or worried about work, or home life, or numerous other things.  God will provide, be still and wait, in prayer, on him...he will not fail! 

Be still in his presence

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” (Psalm 46:10 ESV)

How often in this modern world do we actually take time to be still.  We are so busy running around from appointment to appointment to take time with our families with our loved ones to just be still in God's presence.  We often take for granted being still were too busy with the noise of modern life to be still. Being still could be as simple as preparing a meal for family for taking the time to read or looking upon a on Scenicview and just being still in that moment.  His love and his presence are all around us, but we are often too busy to see it.  I for one vow  as my New Year's resolution, I know it's only November, to be still more often.  I vow to spend more time being still in his presence take time with my family and relax.  I don't want to let the noise of modern life overwhelm me and steal my joy I hope you will too!

My heart is broken for those that will never be still in his presence. My heart is breoken for those you don't know the truth. My heart is broken for those who never be still.  

Listen to the YouTube video posted below and ponder the words of this post I believe it will bless you as much as it has me.

http://youtu.be/hrgl9z3grKU

In his spirit

There is no prospect until there comes a radical change, until the church of god begins to see that every sin in the believer comes from the flesh, from a fleshly life midst our religious activities, from a striving in self-effort to serve god.  Until we learn to make confession, and until we begin to see, and somehow or other get gods spirit in power back in his church, we must fail.  Where did the church begin in Penticost?  Their they began in the spirit. But, alas, how the church next century went off into the flesh!  They thought to perfect the church in the flesh.  

Do not let us think, because the blessed reformation restored the great doctrine of justification by faith, that the power the power of the Holy Spirit was then fully restored. it is our faith that God is going to have mercy on his church in these last ages, it will be because the doctrine and the truth about the Holy Spirit will not only be studied, but sought after with a whole heart; and not only because that truth will be sought after, but because ministers and congregations will be found bowing before god in deep abasement with one cry: "we have grieved gods spirit; we have tried to be Christian churches with as little as possible of gods spirit; we have not sought to be churches filled with the Holy Ghost."

All the feebleness in the church is owing to the refusal of the. Church to obey its god.  

The above is from "having begun In The spirit" by Andrew murry.  I would say the talk about the church in the above passage could also refer to you or me.  We try to do it on our own rather than humble ourselves before almighty god and seek his guidance.  I for one want to Persue only his guidance, I have tried doing things on my own and it never works.  Only with gods guidance do things go where he wants.

Wide as the sky

Hands up hearts open wide As the sky

We lift You high we lift You high

Hands up hearts open wide as we cry

God we lift Your name high

Hands up hearts open wide As the sky

We lift You high we lift You high

Hands up hearts open wide as we cry

God we lift Your name high

Let all the other names fade away

Let all the other names fade away

Until there's only You

Let all the other names fade away

Jesus take Your place

Jesus take Your place

Matt redman

Wide as the sky