Routine

10/12/2006

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
I will advise you and watch over you.”
Psalm 32:8 (NLT)

What if God died?
What if the Lord of the Universe was suddenly gone from our daily lives?
Would we miss Him?

Why do we miss someone when they depart this earth? We miss them because they are usually part of our daily routine, or maybe a part of our weekly routine, whatever the case may be. We miss them because when we would normally be able to pick up the phone and call them, we no longer have that option. We miss them because where we would normally see them…they are no longer there to be seen.

But what about our Lord?
How much is He a part of our daily routine?
Do we take for granted that He will always be there to hear our call, to fill in the blanks of our lives, to pick us up when we have fallen down?

In the NIV Bible it says we are to pray “continually.” In the NLT Bible it says, “Keep on praying. No matter what happens… (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) What does that mean, and how do we do it? I have to believe it means incorporating God into our daily routine, so much so, that if we were suddenly without Him, we would miss Him with all our heart, and something would have to be done about it. God longs to be our Friend…He wants us to miss Him if we are not spending time with Him. That’s the way He designed us!

For some of us, we have formed the habit of spending time with God. We are aware that a discipline of prayer and study and fellowship and attending church and reaching out to others is the life we choose to live now. We know, beyond a doubt, that should God suddenly vanish from our world, we would miss Him with all our hearts. That is a good thing, not a bad thing. In that, there is gratitude for all that God is and does in our lives each day. He is our Friend and we love Him consciously.

We love because God first loved us…that’s the bottom line. (John 4:19) If we think we miss the one we love, try living without the One who loves us!

God will never die!
God was, is, and will always be!
We are in His daily routine.
Is He in ours?

The least we can do is acknowledge that we miss Him in the busyness of our day, and make plans to spend some time with Him as soon as possible--just like we would a good friend! It’s never too late as far as God is concerned, He will always be there…we won’t.