The closer we walk with God.. the less room for anything to come between

I love when the Lord shares in my devotionals things that we are working on or things that are being taught elswhere in the lives of my family. The other day I shared we do Bible and journaling . We also do devotions and prayer time as a whole family every nite. I had an outstanding devotion and I shared it last nite for our devotion... but I did it differently than just reading it. We try to be creative in our approach to this time.

It was from Psalm 63, O God, You are my God ; early will I seek You ; my soul thirsts for You ; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.

The writer shared how amazed he was that we can launch probes into deep space. He commented what a waste it would be if on the way to Mars the probe got caught in the gravitational pull of a lesser, insignificant object. He cautioned for us to beware... this could be happening in our lives too. Meaning that when Jesus called us to follow Him just like He did his disciples we are to passionately pursue Him. Followers of Christ have been launched into a trajectory that is defined by drawing closer and closer to Him. But in this process , we are often distracted and we succumb to the gravitational pull of lesser, alluring things. When that happens we cease our pursuit of Him and go into orbit around stuff that in the end is empty and unstatisfying. David pursued God, knowing that He alone could satisfy his inner longings because His lovingkindness is better than life itself. The joy of God's presence comsumed every moment when David wrote," When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches".. David understood that true joy and purpose come not in admiring God from a safe distance, but from chasing hard after Him.

My favorite was this : The closer you walk with God, the less room for anything to come between.

To illustrate this with the kids last nite... I had Jacob stand up behind Joseph ( who was holding a Bible). Then Caleb walked between... I would ask Jacob to step closer, closer and then he was hugging Joseph so tight that Caleb could not even squeeze his hand between them....We encouraged all of us to see the Lord more passionately and to "walk" more closely. How do we walk our walk daily ? We read our Bible, pray and journal and spend time with those the Lord brings to our home or around us when we are out and about ... It has been an amazing journey to watch just how and what the Lord is doing thru our family. Our mission fields will all be different but our walks should be similiar in proximity to our Lord... We need to be so "tight" with Him that we recognize His aroma and His spirit in our lives. So that when we are tempted we do not succumb to the temptation because our Lord is as close to us as Joseph and Jacob were last nite in our devotion time... or we are so close and "know" His desires that we passionately pursue them instead of getting hung up on things of this world or our own selfish desires....

How close are you walking with the Lord today? I know I can get even closer in my own walk.