BEAUTY FROM ASHES

How would you feel if a close friend only calls you wheneverhe needs some help? He maybe needs help financially, maybe he calls to ask youfor some help with buying him groceries, or maybe he calls you just to complainabout stuff going on at work. You can’t really tell him what YOU are goingthrough because all he does is complain, ask for favors, etc. Doesn’t soundlike a true close friend, right?

As I was reading my C.S. Lewis & Joy devotional, an astounding truth made me realize some mistakes I have been making with my prayer life. “When you spend time with God, make a diligent effort to not make our time with God all about petition and intercession. Make room for simple fellowship with Him. Ask Him to reveal to you new facets about Him and Heaven…because you want to step out of this world for a while and rest in the awesome glory of His presence and His kingdom.” My prayer life lately has been more of petitions instead of actually asking Him to reveal new facets about Him to me. Of course, there are needs that we have but God knows about them and He has already taken care of them; yet all we do is ask and complain and maybe ask for some more. Our Best Friend also wants us to hear what He has to say to us. Words of love, words of encouragement, or perhaps the act of just being still in His presence for a few moments. I want to be considered a close friend to God such as was David. He walked with God. He was given the privilege of drawing so close to God’s heart! Yes, he had his own troubles, but he learned to be still and to hear God’s voice.

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