I love starting my day with a cuppa and chatting with the Lord. Offensive? Not reverential enough? Presumptuous? Why??? Exactly what is your relationship with Him? ‘Out there’? For crisis times? Honestly, I don’t believe this is what the Lord desires. Coming to Him only when we need something (for ourselves or others) doesn’t seem to be the best basis to develop a relationship. Yes, He is available for those considerations… but is that all?
If we attempt to look at what the Lord wants… perhaps we’ll get a better understanding. Remember when Jesus called the disciples – friends? And don’t tell me that this kind of relationship was only for them and something we could never attain. Rubbish. If this were true then explain to me the scripture that tells us we are joint heirs!
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”
(Romans 8:16-17, NKJV)
If you have siblings what kind of relationship do you have with them? Whether good or distant, this kind of relationship is different from all others because you are part of the family. Isn’t it logical to apply this thinking? And no, I haven’t forgotten about the comment about ‘suffer’. But also see that the ‘suffer’ is with Him and the result is being glorified together.
Read a bit further in this chapter and we see… (8:29)
“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
Jesus is the firstborn among many brethren and if you have accepted Him as your Lord then you are part of that ‘many brethren’. Does this begin to give you a different picture of who you are? It should.
Never put your relationship with the Lord into cement… it’s meant to grow – just like all relationships, otherwise it atrophies. I believe the Lord wants an active, interactive, growing relationship with all of us. He wants us to understand who He is and to share our experiences with others. It’s as we do this, our understanding grows. This also is great fun. Remember that before the fall, God walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the morning. Wouldn’t that be a far more intimate basis on how we can build our relationship?
Hmmm… this may be a good topic for my 3rd stand alone book.
