3/9/2020
John 6:67 “Will ye also go away?”
No matter how much I longed to have someone
join me on my journey with Jesus, it could not be done. I could fellowship with
and learn from other believers, but when it came to my personal relationship
with Jesus, it required me to enter into the most profound form of intimacy;
for He is the Savior of my soul. I had to learn this the hard way and be
humbled before God. In the past, I had tried to encourage – but I’m sure he
would say push, press, or cajole – my husband into the same spiritual practices
and devotions I was doing; to have him do things my way. I was so excited about
what God was revealing to me through His word and prayer, and I wanted my
husband to experience the same things. Oh pride, you are a crafty one.
For a while I felt so alone, and wanted to
have deep spiritual conversations with him, but then I realized I was having
them with God, and He was all I needed. The Lord led me to dedicate myself to
pray for my husband’s walk with Him. I prayed for him to make time daily to spend with God; for
my devotional time was transforming me, and I wanted that for him as well. So, I prayed quietly, and one day my
husband told me he was going to start waking up an hour early to spend quiet
time with God.
Thank you, Lord, for answering my prayer in
Your perfect timing. Now we are able to share how walking with God, and putting
Him as the center of everything, has altered our view of the world and our
places in it. It is true that we had both been very involved for many years in
ministry and church programs, but we were not plugged fully into the Source of
strength, hope, vision, wisdom, and power. We were often running on spiritually empty
tanks. Chambers says, “Never try to live the life with God on any other line
than God’s line, and that line is absolute devotion to Him.”
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