7370	Forums / Main Forum / In A Rut	on: June 04, 2007, 01:02:00 PM
When i begin to think that life is passing me by, becoming numb toward in my disposition then i am not obedient to the demands of Christ in discipleship and not rejoicing that He is a work in the universe and in every detail of my life. I have cut myself off from the vine. The reason we do this is because we fail to see that we are so unaware of our spiritual condition that we fail to grieve over our sin which causes us to be distant from God. We learn to neglect personal time in self examination and meditation so that we shun Gods presence by running from our self righteous state in sin. We are always to give God glory in all of our lives , rejoicing in His presence, longing for His smile, grieving over the hardness of our hearts, and battling in prayer for God to mend our brokenness and make rite our broken lives. Our satisfaction is in Gods goodness being worked out in our lives so that we see the work of his hands in the circumstances of our lives. We want His favor, His grace to fall upon us through His Spirit so that  we know we belong to a loving Heavenly Father, that we are special to Him. The special presence of God comes as a result of His favor resting upon us like rain falling on us. It is when we long for His favor and go to His throne and sue for it that we are going to experience His special presence. It does not matter who is in our lives or the circumstances that we are in. Our performance has nothing to do with being bored. Its learning how to rest in Him, and knowing Him in all circumstances that cause us to be above our circumstances rather than our circumstances   driving us.