Give God your Treasured Time, He Responds!

I'm always looking for a quick answer from God so I can spend as little time worrying about things as possible. The problem is that leaves me no fuel to fellowship with if my problems are resolved instantly. I think he really wants me to learn to rest in his presence, and patience and learning is never easy friend!  How can I expect to hear God if I am never near Him, busy all day on the TV and computer? When you read the Word you are planting seeds in your spirit and later on you will have a good harvest if you let them fall on good soil, you should try to apply them to your life! Keep planting Gods Word in your life and meditate (or think about it throughout the day). Just don't get obsessively legalistic about being a Bible Expert in a week! Growth does not happen overnight, it needs to be watered and sit in the sunshine. In other words, You get closer to God by continually planting the word in your life and being in the presence of the Lord. For me the presence of the Lord is very real and I can usually feel Him alone when I am ministering to God. Other times I sense many spontanious thoughts and write them down and it feels like my mind is in tune to what God is saying.

There is a difference between serving God, and spending time with God. You can do what's right, but if you don't spend time with Him you won't get anywhere. You may get temporary self-satisfaction from the acts of righteousness you've done. I wasted a lot of time trying to do good without paying attention to the most important commandment, to love God with all my heart, mind, and strength. Spend time alone with Him in prayer, in secret; Jesus did daily. There is nothing wrong with doing good, but if you want to go deeper with God, you need to spend time with Him and know His heart. How do you get to know someone without spending time with them? How would you get closer to God by reading about Him but never taking a walk with him?

In Jeremiah 29:13 it says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Don't forget that just because you are saved that you only have to give God a little bit, keep giving Him your all! I encourage you to spend alone time with the Lord. Set aside anything you were going to do, and just pray and dig deep in your heart and express yourself to God

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