Disconnected

I’ve noticed that as Christians, we live such disconnected lives—in that we read God’s Word, the Bible and often fail to see the connection it has in our lives. I often hear things like, “Be with us,” and “Help us.” While these petitions are not necessarily wrong, but in the framework of Scripture, I wonder why our language, our prayers, and our spirit are not more aligned to what God has said.

I might be knit picking at words, but I wonder if God is like a parent standing beside a child asking, “What did I say? What did I tell you?” It seems to me that our approach or our responses to our Father as Children of Light should be different.

One of the more common groaning that I hear is, “Why me” or “Why now?” Someone once asked me, “Why not you?” It made me think, “Why should I be exempt from the human experience” (I Corinthians 10:13)? After I became a Christian, I wondered, “If Jesus went through similar ordeals, why should I expect anything different? (Luke 6:40, John 13:16)? If I really believe that I deserve hell, but received Heaven, then what’s a little discomfort in my life now” (Romans 8:18)?

I guess the next time I hear myself saying, “I don’t have time for this;” I’m going to have to remember to ask myself, “Whose clock am I on? Whose life am I living?” (I Corinthians 6:19-20, 7:23) and “Am I being blessed?” (John 13:17).