Making God a Partner In Your Day

Making God a Partner In Your Day

        There are 1440 minutes in a day to spend with God.  You mean to tell me that I need to spend every minute with God? No, if you do not want to partner with God.  If you want God as a partner, to fellowship with you, then yes! 

{Jesus used this illustration with his disciples to show them that they need to pray all the time and never give up. Luke 18:1 GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)}

     Religion has put a huge burden on people and what prayer is.  God does not want your check off the block prayer.  God does not want you to pray the normal prayers and do it out of habit, with no power.  Communication is what God wants.  Communication is prayer.  In my household we are beginning to use the word communication not prayer.  God wants your heart not your words.  The words we speak are to be released with power and authority that has been given by Jesus.  Do not get me wrong God tells us to speak.  We need to speak.  By releasing words, things are established on earth as it is in heaven.

    We normally think of God as some far off in the distance thing.  Jesus is right in side of us.  There is no distance.  I am going to use a parable.  There is a man (worker) and God (CEO).  God calls him into his office and gives the man a task.  The man says, “I am on it”.  He then goes out and accomplishes the task and comes back and says, “hey I did it”.  God tells him “great job on your faithfulness”.  The man leaves and tells God “what ever you need just let me know, and leaves back to his office.  In the building right next door there is a different method going on.  The man has called God to be right in the same office space.  So, God looks up from his desk and says, “Lets get this done”.  The man’s first question is how are we going to do this?  The wisdom is given and they both go out and complete the task.

    Who had the best relationship with God?  God is only as close as we put Him.  When we put distance, there will be distance.  When we draw close, God draws close.  God never intended us to go out on our own and accomplish tasks on our own.  God wants a fellowship with us.  God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:9 New International Version (©1984)

    We were called to fellowship.  How do we fellowship 1440 minutes a day?  In the book of Joshua 1:8, God tells Joshua to meditate on the Word day and night.  God’s Word is a great way to fellowship. Being still and listening to God. Praying to God or communication with God.  Living an upright and holy life.  Talking with God about tasks and your purpose.  Asking God to be with you on the tasks.  Thanks and Praise along with worship.  These are all great ways to fellowship with God. It has to be yours though.  What one does may not be what God wants from you.  It has to come from your heart not an obligation.

    This is something we develop in.  It does not come in an instant, but if you never start it will never develop.  What makes men and women of God such powerful mean and women?  Their fellowship with God is what has done it.  If you want the power and might, that God has given to you, to work in your life?  It is going to take fellowship with Jesus.  It is going to take you making the decision to be Holy and set apart from the world.  Then you will be a useful utensil for the master’s use. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21 New American Standard Bible (©1995)