Take That First Step :)

Tuesday Greetings~



Yesterday's one resounding response to the DEVO was, "How can I get God's arm down here to help? He seems so far away...It seems like His arm is too short..."

Well, glory glory hallelujah; the Bible has an answer for you!!!

"Come close to God, and God will come close to you." James 4:8

We must take that first step, and when we do, God responds. He perfectly executes His part of the deal, so what is the problem? Are we drawing near to Him? How do we even do that?

We start off by what? All together now: PRAYER!

We all know the Lord's prayer, and one line in there has a pretty clear guideline as to how often we should pray: "Give us this day our daily bread."

We should come close to God everyday by prayer. At least once. Sometimes, depending on the urgency at hand, I have been known to pray every five minutes (Ask Hormone and Rayray). And one time I received a frantic call from a mom whose daughter was about to run off with a miscreant of society, and she and I had a three-hour prayer marathon. For the record that young lady is now a happily married mother of two!

God is so good, dear people, and He longs to lavish us with His goodness. It starts with our coming close to Him.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, We come close to You now in prayer. Thank You that You are right here with each and every one us. Wrap Your arms around us and help us. We need You so much, but You need us too. We are Your children, and You love it when we spend time with You. In Jesus' name, AMEN~