When we pray, "our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:9,10 How do we know how the Father's "will" is done in heaven? How can we possibly know the Father's will as the angels know it? What has to be, before we can even know God's will?
There is a connective energy that takes place between some people. We've all seen it or experienced it. It could be a husband or wife; a co-worker or friend. For instance, we may be talking to a friend and say, "I'm going to ask you something, and I want you to be completely honest with me, and before you can say another word, they respond with an emphatic YES! Now, you hadn't revealed what you were thinking, but they knew. Someone walks in a room full of people, and at one glance we can tell what they are thinking or how they feel. Do you think this kind of communication can exist between us and God? Of course God knows what we are thinking all the time, but can we actually know what God is thinking? It happens continually if we are listening, because He purposes His thoughts to be transmitted to us in order for us to get to know Him on a personal level. Amos 4:13 When we allow people into our inner space, the communication changes. It becomes open and free, because we come to trust that person with ourselves. We have a name for that, soul-mates. God wants to be our soul-mate. He wants to share His thoughts with us, for when we share our thoughts back to Him, it draws us a little bit closer. He draws us closer and closer until we are one, just like Jesus prayer to His Father in John, chapter 17. Read it, and feel the pull of heaven toward full disclosure; open, honest, yep, and the willingness to be vulnerable.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 says it is God's will that we be sanctified. Sanctification is a ominous word that carries with it the connotation and dread of a lot of work to make ourselves perfect. You will be relieved to know, [I know I was] it means to be freed from sin. Who does that? Not us; that's Gods' job, not ours. What Jesus wants, is for us to be free in every way to communicate with Him openly. Read that again. What Jesus wants, is for us to be free in every way to communicate with Him openly. The closer we become, the more willing we are for Him to have all of us, with nothing at all to inhibit the free flow of love between us. A free flow of love between you and I with God. Think about it. What a glorious thought!
copyright 5/3/2014
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