Coffee With Mo..

Sometimes God gives us things to pray about so we will talk to him.

Our relationship with God is not supposed to be one of going to Him only when we need something, and the rest of the time acting as though we don’t need Him and can handle everything. We should have a daily relationship with God, and talk to Him just as we would an earthly parent. We can express our concerns, doubts and fears, and ask Him for help with our journey in life, but it’s not all about us. God created us to spend time with Him, so let’s not forget to praise Him for everything He’s done for you and also for things you aren’t aware He’s done, but also for who He is. 

     Many times prayer becomes a conversation that’s one-sided. We tell God what we want and sometimes complain about things happening in our life, and want Him to fix it. Often we give orders as though God’s a genie or a big grandfather sitting up in heaven waiting for us to make our requests known. That’s not the way to approach the throne of God. That sounds more like a dictatorship than a relationship, and we are in the wrong chair.

God doesn’t tell us what to do everyday and how to do it unless we ask for His guidance. Have you ever witnessed as a parent gives in to a child at every whim or tantrum? Not pretty. That is not love. God wants to have a relationship with you. I found that my situations changed when I stopped complaining, and started giving thanks more often.

 I also discovered that many times when God said “No”, or “Wait”, there was a good reason for it, although I didn’t find that out until after the fact. 

In most situations I couldn’t, or didn’t want to wait, on God or man. To me the issue was usually urgent, or at least it felt that way. If it was something I could take care of, I would try and do it myself.

Once, that included trying to fix things, like my dishwasher. After 6 months, I was tired of waiting for the man of the house to take care of it and figured my mechanical ability was enough to check it out. After loosening the screws, thinking I could lift the motor out, I was mistaken. The motor fell from the bottom onto the floor, where it remained for another year as I washed dishes by hand. I realized I needed to review situations before jumping head first into things. Starting a home repair project and then realizing I didn’t have the right tools, was not appealing, especially since I could not afford to buy them. I learned there were some things I had to wait on, or do differently. 

You might come to find life is much easier when you take some of the pressure off your own shoulders and put it on the one who wants to carry it. Some people are so afraid of Christianity stopping them from doing things, but it’s not that way. It’s not like you’re joining a club or something.  If you don’t already have a conversation time in place, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.

If you change your communication with God to a two-way conversation and ask for direction each day, then trust the direction He is giving you, your days will be lighter and your journey will always take you to the right destination. 

 What have you got to lose?

Sincerely, Mo