OC February 20th

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“‘Come, let’s be going.” John 14:31 NLT

Today’s devotional- “Taking the initiative against daydreaming”

Chambers starts with a clarification regarding daydreaming - “Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.”

Jesus had just revealed to His disciples that when He is fones He will be sending “another Advocate” - the Holy Spirit. He reveals how He will be raised from the dead, and that those that  believe in Him and accept His commandments and love Him will also be loved by God and He will come be with them. After all this revelation Jesus doesn’t say - go home and think about it, meditate on it. He says, “come, let’s be going.”

Chambers explains that meditating quietly and waiting on God to speak is good. “Beware, however, of giving in to mere daydreaming once God has spoken. . . be careful to go and obey what He has said.”

Chambers uses a great and simple example. If you are in love with someone, you don’t sit around just daydreaming about them. You want to be with them, you want to do something for them. “That is what Jesus Christ expects us to do. Daydreaming after God has spoken is an indication that we do not trust Him.”

Daydreaming is good, but once we have been shown a direction - act. Don’t just think about what you need to do, or what could happen etc. Just get up and get going. If you feel like you don’t hear God then I would challenge you to daydream about Him. Talk to Him more like a friend. Seriously think how you would talk to your closest friend. Not demanding and needy, but honest and real with concern for them as much as yourself. Read scripture and try to meditate over it - meaning just get still and quiet and ask God to reveal what He wants you to take away from it, How does this apply to me Lord etc. Just talk to him. 

We are seeing a them over the past couple of days. Take initiative in your faith. We have to step towards Him, or else we will be like an infant that has received their salvation but will never grow any more in their faith. 



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