(M)E-mail

Does your prayer life with God more resemble ranting emails rather than a personal conversation with an intimate friend? Mine used to, and sometimes I find myself right back there ranting to God in a one-way, often tiresome, opinionated, self-saturated e-mail type of communication.

I believe this happens when we forget that our communication with an awesome God should come from a place of worship and not from want. When we approach God in worship, we come from the right place, and then have the ability to connect in the right way. This is because God wants it this way - look at this verse:

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24 (ESV)

When we come to God out of worship in spirit and truth, we come to God first recognizing who He is, and our place in relation to Him. In other words, this is how we come with the right heart and the right way. This right heart and right way keeps us in the right place to communicate with Him. This should also influence how we communicate with each other...maybe we might think about this the next time one hits the "send" button on an email.

In His grip,

Pastor Pat