Dear Henry,
I am writing you out of that which I am again having to learn. Let's learn together.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2Cor 4:16)
This is a good verse for us Henry, the promise of an ongoing spiritual renewal. However, this renewal only comes as we spend time in God's presence.
It won't be accomplished by an obligatory speed reading of a passage of scripture and a quick prayer to ward off evil and get a blessing every day or so, or even in meeting with other Christians.
It will take being disciplined. It will take making it a priority to spend quality time alone with God on a daily basis. We do that through His Word, worship, stillness, prayer, listening, etc.
Andrew Murray in Daily In His Presence says on June 1, "... you need to learn to spend time each day - without exception - in fellowship with the Lord. In this way the inner man will be renewed from day to day."
There is no short cut, but there is a promise. It is for daily renewal as we participate daily with him in His presence. Start again and continue, we can't afford not to. Our future and the future of our families depends on it. The best we can do for our families is not sound fiscal planning, though that is good.
The best we can do for our families is to show them a life lived for God, empowered by intimacy with Him, lived out on a daily basis, and attracting them to also abandon themselves to God. The best we can do for our families and ourselves, is to live for God wholeheartedly every day without fail. Of course, this will not happen with out spending that quality daily time with Him. We get distracted and discouraged very easily.
Any vision we have for our lives that doesn't have God at the forefront will not bring us into the abundant life that Jesus promises us in John 10:10. He will do His part but we must cooperate with Him. We have to do our part, which begins with spending quality time with Him.
Sincerely,
Jim
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