Waiting

We live in a hurried existence; we seem to always be on the move.  If we aren’t doing things that have to be done we think of things to do just to keep from being board.  Most of us, if we were honest, would say that we are very impatient.  I have heard that patience is a virtue, something that most of us need help with. The flesh will always think of things to keep us busy if we yield to it.  We seem to live in, what you may call a microwave world or, you might say, a world of instant gratification.

We must remember in this fast pace world we need to give the Lord His time also.  The Lord wants to spend time with us in fellowship.  Establishing an intimate relationship takes spending time with someone and getting to know them.  If you claim that you love the Lord more than anything or anyone else and hardly spend any time with Him, then what you are saying is not the truth and you are deceiving yourself.  

One of the reasons marriages break up is because there is very little communication with each other.  When you see a good marriage it is because the couple spent time together, sacrificing at times to be together.  They learned how to communicate together and to unselfishly love one another.  When people go through life together manipulating and trying to control each other it very seldom, if ever, works out.  

Some people try to manipulate the Lord, only spending time with Him when they desperately need Him, trying even then to control the conversation.  People who hardly ever communicate with the Lord can hardly expect to have an intimate relationship with Him.  Having a relationship with the Lord takes two people, it takes more than one person doing all the talking, sometimes you have to stop and listen allowing the Lord to speak to you.  Relationships can never be one sided.  

We are so blessed that the Lord wants to have a relationship with us and that He has done everything, even to the point of giving His life for us and shedding His blood for us that our sins could be blotted out and remembered no more against us, praise His Holy Name, this is the true meaning of Christmas.  God came to earth as a babe for the very purpose of laying his life down for our sins so that we could be reconciled to Him.

This is what it says in Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson they shall be as wool.’”

Psalm 103:12 says this, “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”  Think of this, we have been stained with sin which is impossible for man to remove, but all things are possible with the Lord and, praise the Lord, He was willing to give His life a ransom for all of us who were separated for Him because of our sin.

The Word says this in Romans 3:23, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” 

Romans 3:9-11 says this, “What then are we better than they? Not at all, for we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.’”

So there you have it; we can either go through life with a permanent stain of sin or allow the Lord to cleanse us with his precious blood and blot our sins away, the choice is ours, I hope you make the right choice.  If you want a relationship with the Lord and you feel that you are being convicted by God’s Holy Spirit then repent and tell the Lord you are sorry asking Him to forgive you and to be the Lord of your life.  If you are serious, I think it will happen but even in this I would encourage you to take your time while you are praying and pray through, don’t just go through the motions because you may just be emotionally stirred at the moment.  Don’t forget to wait on the Lord and spend some quality time with Him and you will truly be blessed.  Something to think about; God bless you and yours and have a super day!!