Rather, I am sharing something that God has been teaching me though his word, his voice and though the voice of people who learned it before me.
I am Convinced...
That God is deeply present in the heart of every Christian...that he literally lives within the flesh and soul of his adopted child
I believe that he is constantly present with the child--comforting, teaching and directing.
He speaks to that child in numerous ways--and he uniquely reveals himself to them.
As we spent time in solitude it is our duty to get in tough with the God who lives inside of us.
It is our duty to acknowledge his presence, and to seek more of it. It is our duty to take advantage of every resource possible in gaining greater knowledge of him.
Some of our greatest resources are the other Christians in our lives...
Just as we uniquely know God--they have their own relationship with him--a vantage point from which they may see some aspects of his character with greater clarity than we currently posses.
When we interact with other believers, we should be so honored by the chance to interact with the presence of God that lives in another being that we are slow to speak because, God Forbid, that we might miss the opportunity to better know God by seeing him through another's prospective.
Too often...
We tune God out...
We contently fill our minds with everything but him. Our minds are constantly looking to be entertained rather than captivated by someone bigger than we might ever fathom the ability to comprend.
Imagine: We actually trade the chance to focus on the king of the universe for programmed television--for a few minutes of sedated mind.
Imagine: We are so quick to speak and so slow to listen that we never really near the other believers in our lives---we rarely take advantage of the opportunity to know Jesus better by seeing him though someone else's eyes.
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