Day 5 – Thirty-Six Days
What happens that opens your eyes to God? Is it music? Is it beauty? I wonder if there is some sensibility that God has placed within us that gives us glimpses. There are very few non-religious societies. People want more. They hope that there is a Force that will work with them, cooperate with them, enable them to survive and thrive.
The Teacher says, Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 (NIV) 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
I believe that there is a force that is interested in you and me. There is such a thing as Inspiration (in the New Testament the word is theo-pneustos, God-breathed). There is such a thing as Providence. God provides. I believe that God places people in your path. I believe that God opens doors for you. As you pray, God is involved in your inclinations. The Holy Spirit leads you, when you will allow (Rom 8:14).
As I sit down to my computer to write, I almost always pray with King David. Psalms 51:11 (NIV) 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. I am praying for inspiration, for the Spirit of God, the Breath of God to exist in my mind so that I might be a vehicle for His Will.
That Presence gives me confidence, even at times audacity. Do you have that experience?
Not my will, Father, but yours be done!
What happens that opens your eyes to God? Is it music? Is it beauty? I wonder if there is some sensibility that God has placed within us that gives us glimpses. There are very few non-religious societies. People want more. They hope that there is a Force that will work with them, cooperate with them, enable them to survive and thrive.
The Teacher says, Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 (NIV) 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
I believe that there is a force that is interested in you and me. There is such a thing as Inspiration (in the New Testament the word is theo-pneustos, God-breathed). There is such a thing as Providence. God provides. I believe that God places people in your path. I believe that God opens doors for you. As you pray, God is involved in your inclinations. The Holy Spirit leads you, when you will allow (Rom 8:14).
As I sit down to my computer to write, I almost always pray with King David. Psalms 51:11 (NIV) 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. I am praying for inspiration, for the Spirit of God, the Breath of God to exist in my mind so that I might be a vehicle for His Will.
That Presence gives me confidence, even at times audacity. Do you have that experience?
Not my will, Father, but yours be done!
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