The one I've heard, and given, the most often is, "Just talk to Him like you do your best friend."
And yet, how often do we really do that?
Hanging on to the coattails of my last post, What can you do for me?, I have an excerpt from the book I mentioned in it that really shows what I'm trying to say here.
My friend turned toward me and said, "Suppose when you picked me up, the first thing I said to you had been, 'Larry, I need you to come by our house tonight. Mary and I need your advice about something. And could you run by the drugstore? I need to pick up a prescription.' When we sit down for lunch, I ask you about one of my kids. 'And oh, by the way, any chance of a loan? Things have been pretty tight. To be honest with you, I'm hoping you'll pick up lunch, if that's OK.' "
He continued, "How would you feel if I talked to you like that? Yet that's how I talk to God. As you were telling me about your book, that just popped into my mind. I'd never do that to you. I like just being with you. But I don't know how to just be with God. So I ask Him for lots of things."
And that's exactly what I find myself doing to God. I would never do that to one of my best friends. It's a horrible way to treat someone, so why do we feel okay doing it to God? Sure, I ask my friends for things every once in a while, but it's not the dominating factor in my relationship with them.
Is it the dominating factor in your relationship with God?
Think about it.
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