He Wants More
You always sit in the row ahead of Sam in church. You smile and say
“Good morning” when you come in. You say “See you next Sunday” when you
leave. But one morning, you add a little conversation: “Sam, could you
give me a hundred dollars?”
Unfortunately, that’s the way some
people treat the Lord. They have a Sunday-only relationship with Him
until they need something. But God desires much more.
The Lord
wants us first of all to know Him as our Savior. “This is eternal life,
that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You
have sent” (John 17:3).
After we become His child (1:12), God
desires an ongoing dialog with us and a growing knowledge of who He is
and who we can be with His help. He doesn’t want to be a Sunday-only
acquaintance or Someone we cry out to only when we’re desperate. God
wants us to have a personal relationship with Him. He also wants us to
grow in our desire to please Him by obeying Him. “We know that we know
Him, if we keep His commandments” (1 John 2:3).
God loves you and
wants you to know Him. He does answer desperation prayers. But before
you start asking, make sure you know Him personally. — Cindy Hess Kasper.
source: Our Daily Bread http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml May 20, 2007.
