Hey Friends! This is going to be a really personal post! I was lounging around at home and genuinely began thinking about what my readers and even my glancers need. I got inspired to encourage you guys in your walk and faith! I’m going to start with the simple question are you trying to force and fake a relationship with God? And my next question is for what?
I have struggled with this many times in my walk. The guilty feeling that I’m not far along enough, or I don’t do enough, or I don’t have any massive spiritual giftings to show for my walk. Even feeling like those around me are so much further along in their walk than I am. If this is you, allow me to debunk these lies for you. Satan is so desperate that he will attack your thoughts about your personal relationship with God. A relationship with God is just that A RELATIONSHIP. It has to be developed and cultivated over time, just like any other relationship we’ve ever had. I truly believe that the healthy relationships we’ve experienced are tiny glimpses or reflections of what God wants to have with us but on a bigger scale.
What you put into this relationship will directly impact how deeply you experience God’s love for you. For example, there are people in your life that are your best friends because you both created that space of friendship. Then others could be your best friend, but you haven’t cultivated that space yet, so you’re associates. Many times what we are feeling is that we are in the “could be” area. Don’t be embarrassed by these feelings or allow the devil to manipulate you. In my opinion, when you feel like there must be more to your relationship with God – that’s because there is. Your Spirit is aware that you need more of God, so lean INTO that. Do use it as an opportunity to doubt your intimacy but use it as a means to pursue intimacy. God either already is is, or He wants to be your best friend, so cultivate that space with him. Day by day. Step by Step.
God was already in love with you from the start; He’s just waiting. He doesn’t love you any less because you didn’t pick up your bible last week. He’s just waiting for you to pick it up again so He can draw closer to you. And then again and again until you’re hooked and assured of his love for you. He does not wish you were more like the next person; his relationship is personal to you! I’m guilty of envying how much time the next person prays or allowing myself to think, “Look at them. God must think what I’m doing is nothing.” God doesn’t want their affection and attention from you; He wants YOUR affection and attention! How terrible would it be to be in a relationship with someone who always compared you to the last person? God doesn’t do that to us.
When we shake the lies that the enemy tells us, we don’t have to fluff about our relationship with God because we’re open to having one with Him, whatever that process looks like. We don’t have to try to change before coming to him. We change as we learn to submit to him. We submit to him as we trust Him, and we trust him because of the relationship we’ve developed with him. I say all this to say putting on a show for yourself or people does nothing for your soul. Guilt doesn’t make God love you more or feel pity for you. He’s already giving you his all. So why waste your time? Get in tune with him, go back to him, talk to him, obey his leading, and watch what he does over time. Don’t compare your relationship to anybody else’s. Keep your eyes on Him and allow Him to write a love story between the two of you as the author and finisher of your faith.
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