To whom this may concern,
I just want to get some stuff, that has been swimming around in my head for the past few weeks now, out. The first thing is that God is Love. He is the definition of a word that cannot be defined. Like I said in an earlier blog post. Love and God are both undefinable. Both indescribable. Utterly complex, yet as simple as a whisper. The mystery that never ends and the breath that gives us life. The beautiful truth about all of this is that it’s all a gift. Even more beautiful is that it doesn’t come in two boxes, it comes in one. God is Love. God formed this world out of Love in order for us to see His Love, fashioning it with a tender and blooming breath. The uniqueness of His Love is intertwined into the fabric of the earth we inhabit. The invisible hush of the wind, the enchanting sway of the trees, that point up towards the black canvas dotted with unyielding amounts of suns, the furious roar of an unchained river held between the cracks in the earth, the chilling calmness of the glassy ocean so vast, the flower that reveals its beauty and the leaf that falls when the seasons permit, the sweet smell after a storm has passed, the blanket of warmth given off by the sun, and the frozen rain that drifts slowly down to greet our noses. I have not a doubt in my mind that you could come up with many more ways you see the Love of God through His creation, in the world around you. *takes deep breath* sometimes I ramble, part of who I am.
Within the past few weeks I have come closer to God, every time I got closer I thought I had reached my limit of intimacy with God… I was greatly mistaken. You might be asking, “how can I experience that type of intimacy.” Prayer. It is the perfect posture to have when we want to be closer with God. God is our Father. He knew us before we were ever conceived. Ever since we were brought into this world…God has been trying to get our attention. When we were wailing and looked like an alien He was in Love with us. Love at first sight…Our mom’s holding us…comforting us…crying with us…hushing us to be quiet…whispering that everything was okay…don’t be afraid…you’re safe now….I Love you, never wanting to let go of that intimate moment, was the way God first showed His Love for us.
Knowing that this world was going to be hard, knowing that evil was going to try and get a hold of one of His children; he gave his Son for us. Jesus walked a perfect and righteous life. So that we could be imitators of how He lived. Then He died for every sin we would ever commit. Knowing there would storms and trials, times where we would stray away from Him. He paid the ultimate price. All of this plays into prayer. I promise. After grasping all of this, knowing that from the first time we breathed life on this planet He wanted us to know that He is our loving Father and wanted to have intimate union with us, there had to be a way for us to communicate with him. A way so that we could give thanks for all he has done for our lives. A way to be connected to Him by the Spirit. That’s exactly what prayer is. Now one might say, “isn’t that worship?” I agree. Worship is a big part of my prayer life. It’s actually the center of it. Take David, for example, he is the author of the book of Psalms. The book is made up of hymns, but it also consists of his prayers to God. For example,
“Answer me when I call, O God of my
righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was
in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my
prayer!”
Psalm 4:1
This is a great example to follow. When we face difficulties or storms we don’t feel like we can handle. We have to CRY OUT to God. Take notice of the exclamation points in his prayer! He is praying with passion, maybe even yelling, crying out to God. Prayer is meant to challenge us. When faced with being uncomfortable that’s where I find the most growth in my walk with Him. Something else I’ve come to understand is that the human mind wanders. God made our minds like that. Knitted it together to imagine anything we wanted and allowed our minds to go places at random moments. When my mind would wander while I prayed I would get discouraged and mad at myself. Then I hear God laugh and say, “don’t get down my beloved, I have integrated your mind to wander, so when it does wander you have the ability to realign your Spirit and thoughts back to me.” That was my big take away from learning all of this. The only thing God could ask for, especially in prayer, is for us to realign our heart, Soul, mind, and strength back to Him. Realizing He made us to connect to Him through the intimate posture of prayer. Don’t be afraid to come with your troubles to God. He wants to hear YOUR heart. When we pray, God sees we are admitting that we can’t do this life alone. In seeing this posture, God wants nothing more than to give you what you are asking for. The hardest thing to understand how prayer works is timing. God knows your future, past, and present. He knows what you need, when you need it, and how you need it. Trusting that His timing is better than your own. For instance, your dad isn’t going to give you the keys to the car on your 5th birthday. He knows you aren’t ready for that yet. It’s not your time. He knows what’s good for you and when you will be ready to be given the things you ask for. When you come to Him with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength the Holy Spirit comes alive within you because the Father and the Spirit are one and are meant to be in union together. This verse perfectly embodies that ideology,
“And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” Luke 1:41
This verse, I’ll leave it here, shows how the Holy Spirit in us longs for the company of the Father as much as the Father longs for the company of the Holy Spirit. Believe it or not this blog was supposed to be on a whole different subject. Then, as I started typing, words entered by mind, given to me by the Father. The purpose, I feel, was to encourage someone who comes across this. Someone who feels as if their faith is a mist of gray, that their prayer life is a broken record. I feel as if God has inspired me, within the 45 minutes of typing this, in eager desperation to inspire someone else who needs to hear God’s voice for what it really is.
Praise the Lord,
Dave (Will) Davidson
