Sometimes, reliance on the internet is a bane...
Does your connection 'drop' sometimes? or sometimes, it is awfully slow? and do these things happen when you need the internet the most? haha! Such irony! =)
Well...isn't that what happens in out lives sometimes? In the times when we need the Lord most, we do not seem to 'hear' His still small voice, when we are most desperate, we find that WE are furthest away from God. (It is NOT Him who is far away from us...)
That is the importance of our daily communion, our times of quiet reflection, prayer, worship, time spent with the Lord, reading His word. Little things that creep in to steal our joy, and our times with the Lord must be pushed aside, because if we do not...those little things will snowball into larger and larger obstacles, and soon we will find our connection with God is 'broken' and He 'feels far away'...and that is usually when a crisis hits.
I've been learning to guard my time with the Lord daily, spending time, learning to be devoted to Him, and training my ears to hear His voice. That way, in my interactions with the people i meet, the words exchanged will not be spurious and meaningless, i can be patient and listen, there is a calm within my heart even as i honour the other person above myself and seek to serve them first. I'm learning that it is difficult to be a servant in conversation...to serve someone else's needs, to be a humble listener, to allow the other person to pour out all their troubles, it is just not that natural to be a servant because we always want to 'provide help' prematurely, but yes, sometimes, it is best to wait for the Lord to prompt when to speak...
Be humble, cherish time with the Lord, guard it jealously, when devoted to the King, a servant heart will be cultivated. A heart that serves in humilty, knows how to serve in deeds, in conversations, in interactions with others, knows how to esteem others greatly, lead by serving and build others up through service to them.
Now...that was a mighty long digression from a broken internet connection! ahaha! God works in mysterious ways! =)
1 comment:
hey what you said is really true. it;s so hard to be a humble listener, and it's so easy to judge immediately. when people confide in us, it's so easy to immediately want to rebutt and tell the person they tru ly have been wrong. but when people confide, they're looking for assurance and not more people to chide them! it really is hard to be a umble listener! haha never thought about that!
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