Even after our morning devotions are over, that doesn’t mean we
check God off our to-do list and march off into our day. He is to go with us, to stay with us, and to abide with us.
Like Enoch, we too will walk with God. If trials or problems arise, and we are
in need of wisdom, we pray. We are encouraged; “We may keep so near to God that in every unexpected trial
our thoughts will turn to Him as
naturally as the flower turns to the sun.”[i]
Ellen White, when addressing ministers and church leaders
spoke strongly: “None need feel that they are too busy to pray, too full of
business cares to spend an
occasional fifteen minutes to
seek counsel from God. My brethren, make God your entire dependence [as you go
through your day]. When you do otherwise, then it is time for a halt to be called. Stop right where you
are, and change the order of things.”[ii]
We may have good intentions (most of us do),
but the lack of good intentions to carry over to good discipleship is usually
due to the lack of intentionality. So let’s learn to be intentional! Having a close deep relationship with God will not
develop by accident or random stop-ins. We must take time for intentional cultivation.
Again, Ellen White challenges us: “Heaven with its
attractions is before you, an eternal weight of glory, which you may lose or
gain. Which shall it be? Your life and your character will testify the choice
you have made. I feel the more anxious because I see so many indifferent upon
the subjects of infinite importance. They are always busy here and there about matters of minor importance, and the one
great subject is put out of their thoughts. They have no time to pray, no time to
watch, no time to search the
Scriptures. They are altogether too
busy to make the necessary preparation for the future life. They cannot
devote time to perfect Christian
characters and in diligence to
secure a title to heaven.”[iii]
We may be busy, but let us not be too busy to
pray and spend time in God’s Word. Our life and eternal destiny depend upon it.
God’s not asking for much, but if we are going to dare to ask for more, He’s
asking for more too!
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