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Life little lessons - 10

How can we build a closer relationship with God?  Relationship with God seems to be more complicated than other relationships because we are dealing with God almighty and He is invisible.  We are still trying to know Him better and at times we don’t know exactly how to approach Him.  Building up a closer relationship with God is an on-going process and that process starts with:

Observing God – Observe what He did.  Ponder of His greatness.  God did amazing things in people lives.  Take note of what God did in your life.

Understanding God – Most of our problem is that we don’t really know God.  Knowing about God is not the same as knowing God.  Our understanding of God shapes the way we approach God.  Are we approach God as mighty king, as a father, or as a friend?  As we struggle to understand the relationship we have with God, we are also confront with the issue of Trinity. Our God is a triune God.  Bible discloses to us that out God is described as three persons but one God.  The feeling of God not close to us is our own problem and not His.  The fundamental truth is that God is love.  His character is love and He is always close to us.  God never abandons us.  It is our own doing to be the boss that we often cause us to drift away from God.

                        When we are struggling with our relationship with God, it is fruitful to examine how wrongful we are in our attempt to build a relationship with God.

a. It is important to ask ourselves what emotional trappings we have brought into our relationship with God.

b. We must ask ourselves what prejudices and insecurities we have brought into our relationship with God.

c. We must ask ourselves what indiscipline we brought into our relationship with God.

d. We must ask ourselves what wrong ideas about God we have brought into our relationship with God.

                        Appreciating God – Too often we take our relationship with God for granted.  We act like a spoiled child, with expectation that God will honour our requests on demand.  We will complain to God if we do not get what we want.  When we receive the same treatment from our demanding children, we soon learn to appreciate what God has done for us.  Appreciate God for His thoughtful intervention in our life, His non-conventional dealing with sinners like us, His sense of humour in guiding us through our life journey and His unconditional love for us is how we can cultivate a mature relationship with God.  

                        Walter