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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Gal.5:16
This morning, I got up to do my devotions as usual. I have started praying on my knees...I have never done this before (I always sat at my kitchen table and wrote in my prayer journal). I do not know, personally, if it will make a long-term difference but I have noticed that many of the ones who have had tremendous answers to prayer, prayed on their knees or fell on their faces before God (Moses and, in more modern times, A.W. Tozer). I see this, in others, as a mark of humility before God. I pray that He sees it as such in me.I was listening to Kim Walker Smith yesterday and a line that she sang made me really question if I could sing it with honesty: "There's no place I'd rather be than here with You." I asked myself about how long I wanted to linger on my knees. To be honest, I found my mind wandering to things that needed to get done. I found that I would have rather been reading my Bible or listening to music, looking on Facebook, blogging....I know this sounds shameful. I want to be honest with you, with myself and, most of all, with God. Thinking more on this, I realized that this is what Jesus was saying to Martha when He said, "Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."(Luke 10:38-42) I rush around 'doing' and even when I take the time to 'be', my mind isn't 'being' with Him.
We are in a battle. A battle for Truth but even more than that, a battle, between the flesh and the Spirit. "The true worshipers worship in Spirit and in Truth." (John 4:23) Do I? I am seeking to know the Truth and I know that He has given me understanding in so many areas...although, I know I still have so far to go. Now, what about the Spirit? If we look at Jesus and search out every passage that it says that He prayed....if Jesus did, how much more should I?

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