Busyness and efficiency rule in our American lives – and these two items thwart our ability to reach the deeper life. If a deeper relationship with God were able to be obtained through my willing it, then we would have it down pat – living the American Dream is about control.
However, true spirituality is counter-cultural – we must decide NOT to act. By choosing silence and solitude we have an opportunity to hear from God. But that is so out of the norm for us….
We decide that to have the silence and solitude to wait on and listen to God, we must take a vacation to somewhere…. That is not the case – owning more or having to go somewhere is not the way to get closer to God. We can find times to carve out during our day to listen to and wait for Him.
Without making time for solitude with God, time continues to slip by until years have passed and we realize that we wouldn’t know how to hear from God if He audibly spoke to us.
–David Goetz
Don’t let the years pass by without hearing from God.
Carve out time with Him today!