TRY BECOMING BEST FRIENDS

 

WITH GOD

                                          

 You will never grow a close relationship with God by just attending church once a week or even having a daily quiet time. Friendship with God is built by sharing all your life experiences with him.

 

 It is important to establish the habit of a daily devotional time with God, but he wants more than an appointment in your schedule. He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and every thought. You can carry a continuous, open ended conversation with him throughout your day, talking with him about whatever you are doing or thinking at that moment. “Praying without ceasing” means conversation with God while shopping, driving, working or performing any task.

 

 A common misconception is that “spending time with God” means being alone with him. Of course, as Jesus modeled, you do need time alone with God, but that is only a fraction of your waking hours. Everything you do can be “spending time with God” if you stay aware of God’s presence and invite Him to be a part of all you do.

 

 You can turn even the most menial tasks, like preparing meals and washing dishes, into acts of praise and communion with God. The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude towards what you do. What you normally do for yourself you begin doing for God.

 

 Most often we feel we must get away from our daily routine in order to worship God, but that is only because we haven’t learned to practice his presence all the time. You can find it easy to worship God through the common tasks of life; you don’t have to go away for special spiritual retreats.

 

 This is God’s ideal. In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude; Adam and Eve were in constant communion with God. Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than where you are right now. The Bible says “He rules everything and is everywhere and is everything.”