Connection is a Key
In light of this past week and the wonderful things God did and said, through Dave Holmes from Sydney Australia, the one key thing that resonates in my heart was the importance of connection. Now, in today’s society, that is a broad term that has various aspects and definitions.
In his message on the key ways to know if you are a worshipper, the first way mentioned was that we were created with the ability to connect with God, our creator.
This really moved me on several levels. First, often times, we aren’t aware of what lies inside each of us, we don’t know we can cultivate that “intimacy” or “connection” with God. And so He remains, in our understanding, uncaring and untouchable and we move through life, waiting to find out who He really is at the end!
Secondly, because our society lends itself to a more secular view of God, people think God is in nature, in inanimate objects, in themselves, and worship has been relegated to searching for God at a very substandard, almost natural level, reducing His power, authority and ability. The following passages confirm God’s greatness as well as His availability.
Exodus 20:1 (NIV) And God spoke all these words:2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.3 “You shall have no other gods before me”.
Numbers 23:9 (NIV) says, “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
1 Chronicles 28:9-10 (Message) “And you, Solomon my son, get to know well your father’s God; serve him with a whole heart and eager mind, for God examines every heart and sees through every motive. If you seek him, he’ll make sure you find him, but if you abandon him, he’ll leave you for good. Look sharp now! God has chosen you to build his holy house. Be brave, determined! And do it!”
I suppose the question remains, “Can I connect with God”? The answer is a resounding yes! If we seek Him, we find Him and He reveals Himself to us more clearly.
Results? As we passionately worship our God, we are connected to all that He is and God’s perfect will, favor and blessing in our lives is realized in greater measure than ever before!