God Appointments.

Like I said in a previous post I spent last week down in lexington at the world renowned Sawyer Household, home of John and Brenda. Like I have also mentioned, these visits always come at the most appropriate times or come as what I like to call "God appointments". Both John and Brenda have taught me things which I could rattle on about for ages. But one thing than always resinates with me is something John once told me in the summer.

John described spending time with God by imagining God in a giant armchair, maybe with a big cup of tea or coffee beside Him, but opposite Him sits another empty armchair. This one, is for you. Everyday God sits waiting for you to plonk down into the chair opposite Him, totally as you are. Whether thats telling Him about your incredible day; He gets excited when you're excited, He is proud of you and wants to share in those joys with you. He wants you to slam down into the chair and yell at Him, asking Him why nothing makes sense, why is He doing the things He is doing; He wants to be there in your anger, to let you know He doesn't love you any less. He wants you to fall into the chair, drained and exhausted, filled with emotion and crying your eyes out; so that He can comfort His child and tell them He will never leave them nor forsake them. Gods only desire...is that you sit in that chair. That you spend time with Him. Nothing hurts Him more when you only pop into that chair for a short time and are off again. He WANTS to spend time with YOU. How crazy of a thought is that?? It blows my mind that the creator of everything beautiful and extraordinary in this world wants to just spend time with me. 

But what stops us? Time? being "busy"? spending time with friends? homework, work? Stuff thats seems pretty lame in comparison to spending one on one time with the Creator. I'm guilty of it believe me, and this is as much for me as it is for you. Jon Weece, the senior pastor of Southland Christian Church in Lexington KY, claims that one of the best things he has chosen to do is take 10 minutes every morning and night to spend in utter silence. Within this time he just totally leaves it open for God to speak, one could say he jumps into the other arm chair for ten minutes every morning and night, in this time he also ponders who God is, what God means to him. Its a great way to start and end the day, to get the focus where it should be.

So I want to challenge you; go grab a coffee, tea, whatever you are into. Go to a coffee shop, your garden, or anywhere where you can escape for a while. Take your Bible, a prayer journal or anything. get this in order or just go as you are right now. God and jump in that other chair for a while. And talk to the Person who wants nothing more in this world than to spend time with you, no matter what state you are in.