I am going to ask a serious question. We have all faced it including myself, and some of us need to consider it again.
I have heard many fellow believers admit they don’t ask God for help until they are at the end of their resources, and it is at that point they will ask for His help when they find themselves in a difficult situation.
After all, we are capable of doing much in our own strength, but we cannot do everything. Our resources eventually run out. God’s resources never run out.
But what about the ordinary days? What about the normal days in our lives? I am talking about the non-serious trial days.
Are we charging off into our life with or without Him? Do we sometimes leave Him cast aside? Are there days we go about our business as if we don’t actually need Him?
Although we know He is always with us, do we acknowledge it throughout our day?
Where is God’s place in your life today?
Is He as near as your heartbeat and every breath you take? Or, is He in the distance on the sidelines, or maybe somewhere in between?
If He’s in the distance on the sidelines, the explanation is the one who moved was not Him, it was us.
He has promised us that nothing will separate us (Romans 8:38-39), that He will never forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6, Hebrews 13:5), and that He is not a God that is far off.
Do you know how blessed we are to have a God like that?
This is exactly why the answer should be that His place in our life is as near as our every heartbeat and every breath we take.
“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord. ~ Jeremiah 23:23-24
By Kathy Cheek
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