Alone With God

 I’ve had both of my knees replaced this past year.  After each operation, I’ve been getting up between 1 and 3 every morning.  This has been my normal for the past 9 months and I have been extremely blessed.  You probably have heard the expression, “ungodly hour.”   Well, I have found that God is present and very active during this time.  When most people are getting up in the morning, I’ve spent almost a whole day with God.  By the time that the sun rises, God has revealed Himself to me in the details of life; I am able to recognize His voice in the rhetoric, chatter, and gossip in the masses; I am able to see His hands as He conducts the cosmos; and I am able to hear that gentle whisper amidst the chaos and confusion in my heart and mind.

Some people may think that I am bragging, but I would not be the least bit surprised if this is almost everyone’s experience.  No, not waking up in the wee hours of the morning, but standing in the Presence of God.

Peter tells his audience, “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).  I love this verse.  (Actually, I love a lot of verses, but this is the one that is closest to me this morning). 

When Peter says, “His divine power,” Peter is telling us that God is the source.  God is not a resource, but He is the cause or origin of everything.  James tells us that “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father…” (James 1:17) who is not stingy (James 1:5).  This is also what Peter says, “His divine power has given us everything we need…”

God doesn’t cater to our moaning, groaning, and whining; however, God does provide for us all the resources and essentials we need to live out the life God desires for us “through the knowledge of Him who called us…”

God wants us to be intimate with Him through Jesus.  God’s not satisfied with us having facts and information about Him.  God wants to share His life with us.  He wants us to do life with Him.

God continues to call us.  Can you hear His voice amidst the busyness, distractions, and the drama of life?  Shhh…Listen.  “Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened…”