Our time with the Lord is so vital to our walk with Him! When we
truly come into the Lord’s presence, meet with Him, and come to know Him
in deeper and deeper ways, it will transform our lives. For as we truly
meet with Him and come to know more of who He is, our love for Him will
grow. As a result, we will desire to please Him with all of our lives,
and our eyes will be opened in greater ways to who and how we should be,
with the incredible comfort that He will be with us and give us the
strength for each step. He is an incredible Lord, Savior, and Friend!
The saying "Who you spend time with, you become like,"
rings so true in a special way in our time with the Lord. We long to be
like Jesus, don’t we? It is through our time spent with Him that we are
changed into His likeness. As we meet with Him and experience for
ourselves who our Lord is, we cannot help but become more like Him. When
we come to know Him in a very real and personal way, we find that He is
all that we need and that He fulfills every longing of our heart.It is
so necessary that we come to this point of knowing and experiencing our
Lord personally – for that is what transforms us! In coming into His
presence, spending time in His Word, and communing with Him in prayer,
we come to know His heart, receive His mind, and be filled with His
likeness. Isn’t it a precious thing that the One who created and
controls the universe loves us and delights in spending time with us?!
It is the sweetest, most transforming time!
When we meet with the
Lord, He gives us the strength to accomplish all that He has called us
to do. Our quiet time with Him is the fuel for our spiritual engines –
we will burn out otherwise. In our quiet times, as we surrender
ourselves to the Lord as vessels for His use, He will fill us with His
Spirit and do amazing things in and through us.My friends, we have a
special treasure in our youth to focus solely on the Lord and to grow in
our relationship with Him! Let us not waste it! This is the time when
we are laying the foundation for our lives. The choices we make and the
things we do now will drastically impact who we become. Our quiet time
with the Lord (or lack thereof) plays a big role in this. Isn’t that an
amazing, sobering thought?
The incredible delight and fulfillment
that comes from knowing, obeying, and spending time with the Lord
results in a truly exciting life. Let’s pour ourselves wholeheartedly
into seeking the Lord and treasuring our time with Him! For He has
promised us, "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." – Jeremiah 29:13. The results will transform your life and bring you greater joy and fulfillment than you ever imagined!
