A Relationship With God Is Necessary

Men are weird! We want everything to go the way it makes us happy. We want rules. We want items in a certain order. We want schedules that tell us what we need to know. We like things to give us answers at all times – we live on formulas. Men want to follow what’s easy and don’t like changing when change starts taking effect. We want to live in our own “castle” and live life in steps that are easy to follow. We don’t want mysteries and uncertainties that offer us little to the mind. Our thoughts enjoy something simple and without much thought. But with God this won’t work. Proverbs 3:5-6 offers us a truth which is sometimes difficult to swallow, and live by. It says; “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”

This kind of life is what God expects from us, not rules, not bullet points and straight agendas that makes life easier. God’s will is not our will, but as men, and sometimes women, we tend to create our own method of growing and enjoying a relationship with God. That’s not His will! He expects us to believe in Him, to trust Him and, without any doubt, to allow Him to lead us in our daily lives. He wants us to live the life He teaches us through the Scriptures, through His Word. He is an amazing an all knowing God, all seeing God, all powerful God. Remember this… God never changes. We do! Our relationship with Him changes because we make our own plans and standards which are easier to get to know Him. This is more comfortable. Not true! Read the following, in James 1:17 – “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

We change like seasons do, not God. We want formulas that lead us into our relationship with God. We want everything to be bright and easy, like pointers in a specific order. Now we live by these methods and find it easier to have a relationship with God. Who is changing? God or us? We are! God never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Why don’t you allow God to show you the way, His way. Allow a real relationship to grow you closer to Him. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. Pray and listen. God may speak to you through His Spirit. He may speak to you through the Word. He may speak to you through other people, or nature that surrounds you. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into a greater and stronger relationship with God. Pray and listen! His will be done. Amen. Enjoy your ongoing life with Jesus Christ at the centre of it all. Stop using your own agendas. Use His way and His will and plans for your life starting today.