by Benjamin Burke
My brother and I were talking to Jonathan, one of
our team members, and he was talking to Sterling about a book he’d read. The
book was talking about lambs in lambs clothing. He said that, as Christians, we
don’t need to act like Christians; we
already are Christians. We don’t need to perform like we have to be something
we are not.
We discussed how many
Christians act on different issues like devotion time. Most Christians say to
do your devotions in the morning, so you can start the day with God on your
mind. And that’s great, but if you are too tired in the mornings or have to
wake up extra early because you have to go to work, just don’t do it. If that
is supposed to be your special time with the Lord and you can’t focus on Him because
you’re “too tired”, it’s worse than not doing it at all. We have to give God
everything. We can’t spend time with him with half of our minds on Him and the
other half on sleep. We have to give it all we’ve got, even if that means being
the odd one out. God doesn’t care when
we spend time with Him, just as long as we do
spend time with Him.
We don’t have to be “Christians”
for God. As Christians, we simply are His
beloved children. Don’t feel like you have to follow a pattern. Nothing could
please God more than for us to be our-selves. Just relate and talk to Him. Say
“God, I’ve been having a rough couple of days. Do you have some pointers on how
to resolve this situation? Help me dig down deep to find forgiveness for this
person, or help me with the hurt. I know that you can. Help me find ways to
glorify Your name in this situation. Amen.”
If we are lambs, we
will have a desire for God. He obviously wants our time. Give Him your best.
Stop when you feel like you need Him the most and you are wanting to spend time
with Him. There is nothing wrong with that. God doesn’t care when, just as long
as we are our-selves and spending time with Him.
