John 14:1-3 “Don’t be troubled.  You trust God, now trust in me.  There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you.  If this were not so, I would tell you plainly.  When everything is ready, I will come and get you.  And you know where I am going and how to get there”. (NLT)

We are a one car family and so when I need the use of our car, I have to get my body out of bed early enough to travel with my husband, into town and deposit him at his workplace.  At the end of the day, I reverse that order and journey to bring him back home again so he can relax and enjoy the comforts of home.  Hopefully, it welcomes him with a modicum of order after I have spent the day doing necessary housekeeping through the day,  hopefully making it a place for each of us to enjoy come evening.

I tend to be very punctual and so when my husband is not at the appointed place at the agreed time, I begin to display my ‘antsey’ disposition.  “Ok, I’m here, where are you?” or “Come on, Mister, I’ve worked hard at home cleaning and preparing supper and I’m tired too, I need to get home” or “I’m here, come and find me then I can take you home”.   I agree – it is sadly not the best attitude and certainly not a Godly one.

Thankfully, God is infinitely gracious and patient and will wait for us to meet Him, anytime and in any place.  He wants to be welcomed into our day and into our lives.  He waits for us to meet and greet Him and allow Him to take us along the path that leads to His heavenly abode – our eternal home, where, He has promised He has already prepared a place for each one of us: all we have to do is welcome Him and agree to take that journey with Him, trusting that there we really will find promised rest and comfort.  That being said, there must be days when He looks for us with the words , “I’m here, where are you?” in prominent place in His heart.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while you can find Him.  Call on Him now while He is near.  (NLT)

Prayer:  Father God, Help us to look for You and wait for You and follow You on the journey of life that is Your choice for each one of us.  Help us with our attitudes and grant us grace.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

 Patricia Day

http://pattersmatters.wordpress.com

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Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalm 139:23-24

We are good at convincing ourselves that everything is safe while bombs fall around us. We ignore peril and go about our lives as though there were no lions at our heels. We go to church, go to prayer as though our lives were well ordered, ignoring a pit of blackness within us.

We ought never trust our own judgment about ourselves. We are too comfortable with ourselves to accurately judge our flaws. Go visit a home in a foreign nation, you are likely to notice strong and unusual smells. Dwell in that home long enough and the smells go away. In truth nothing has changed, but familiarity has hidden the smells from you. In the same way familiarity will hide your sins. This is why we must seek the eyes of God.

Nothing is hidden from his sight. He already knows everything about your life. We might fear to pray like the Psalmist, afraid to see what darkness dwells within, what sinful things we might have to give up. But the heart of a saint seeks first and foremost the Lord and his righteousness. He is our delight so our desire is to have rooted out everything that would keep us from enjoying him. It is painful to cut away cancer from the body, it is painful to remove old, familiar sins. But to hold on to either one means death. Putting off sin means being free to experience more of the goodness of God.

Pray like the Psalmist. Seek the way everlasting. Ask God to look into your heart and tell you what he sees. When the Holy Spirit then begins convicting you of your sin, put that sin into his hands. Turn and repent and enjoy the fullness of the table of the Lord.

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