Blessed Be Your Name

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that sometimes when times are the darkest, the nearer to God we feel. That it is in times of great despair that people need faith and turn toward God and not away. True sometimes people curse God for the "darkness", for horrible events, and for grief and hardship. Yet for those with faith those times are supported by God's loving presence. God can "transform" even the most overwhelming darkness into an opportunity to know Him.  It's impossible to understand the reasons for things of this world yet God is there to guide.

 

 

What strikes me as odd is that in times of great joy and abundance sometimes we "forget" God. We don't feel that incredible "need" for his presence and therefore we miss opportunities to celebrate God in our lives when things are good.

 

"Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name"

                                             Lyrics Blessed Be Your Name (Matt Redman)

It's important in our spiritual lives to "find" God in both times, good and bad. To foster a relationship with him in all aspects of life. How we do this falls into that "spiritual" realm I wrote of earlier. How you find God cannot really be defined by religion but rather in your own spiritual relationship. Religion can give you an idea, a starting place, a framework to foster this closeness but to fully utilize your ability to connect with God, spiritual awareness has to exist not only in the religious but in the mundane aspects of life.

Mundane: 1. lacking interest or excitement; dull. 2. of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one

Either definition can be applied to what I am musing about today.

Sometimes there are every day aspects of life (ordinary, lacking excitement, rather dull) but if we look for God in them it changes the whole nature of the experience. For example: answering a question about scheduling at the middle school, (an earthly experience nothing really spiritual about it) It's rather mundane but when you reflect on the fact that this is the FIRST time for this person, that their nervousness at letting go of their child comes into play then you see God in the experience. To guide or help someone past their fear rather than just answer a question.

Of this earthly world rather than heavenly, God is present here on the earthly realm in correlation to our ability to "bring" him here. I know, I know, He is here all the time but when we bring him into "earthly" matters He enters the realm of human existence again just as Jesus did when He walked the earth.

"I love those who love me; And those that diligently seek me, will find me."  Proverbs 8:17

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Seeking-God#sthash.qQUzI0l3.dpuf

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Seeking-God#sthash.qQUzI0l3.dpuf

Hugs to each of you. Two points to reflect on from today's musing.

1. How can we seek God in times of "being ok" as well as times of need?  Celebrate the good with God as well as seek Him during the difficult times.

2. How do we bring God into our everyday lives, into the mundane tasks that comprise so much of each day?

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Seeking-God#sthash.qQUzI0l3.dpuf

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Seeking-God#sthash.qQUzI0l3.dpuf