comingjoy
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The Teenager In Us
By: Comingjoy
9-29-09
Have you ever noticed how much we are like the teenager, parent relationship with God? There comes a time in most teenagers life where they want nothing to do with their parent unless they need something or are in trouble. The come to the parents with a need and if the parent does not comply to their teenagers request than they storm off, ignoring the parents. They then might go and find another way to get what they want that might lead into trouble. They want what they want and now. They do not always understand the parents reasoning for saying no. The parents than may not see or hear from their child again until another need arises or they are in trouble.
Is this not how we are with God at times? How many times have we gone to God with a request? We don't acknowledge God for who He is in our lives and what He has done. We don't offer up thanksgiving or praise to Him. We just expect Him to comply when we say Bless me Father, Give me what I am wanting. And just like a teenager when we are told no we get angry at God. As we do not always understand why. We too can tend to storm off and try to doing it ourselves and in our own way.
Like parents, we would love for our teenager to just sit down and talk to us. To share their day, concerns, fears and joys. TO sit and get to know us. God is the same way. He is wanting His children to just sit at His feet in His presence getting to know HIM!
When was the last time you went to God with out a request but to just sit in His presence offering up Praise for who HE is?
2 Timothy 3:1-4
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, (NASB)
By: Comingjoy
9-29-09
Have you ever noticed how much we are like the teenager, parent relationship with God? There comes a time in most teenagers life where they want nothing to do with their parent unless they need something or are in trouble. The come to the parents with a need and if the parent does not comply to their teenagers request than they storm off, ignoring the parents. They then might go and find another way to get what they want that might lead into trouble. They want what they want and now. They do not always understand the parents reasoning for saying no. The parents than may not see or hear from their child again until another need arises or they are in trouble.
Is this not how we are with God at times? How many times have we gone to God with a request? We don't acknowledge God for who He is in our lives and what He has done. We don't offer up thanksgiving or praise to Him. We just expect Him to comply when we say Bless me Father, Give me what I am wanting. And just like a teenager when we are told no we get angry at God. As we do not always understand why. We too can tend to storm off and try to doing it ourselves and in our own way.
Like parents, we would love for our teenager to just sit down and talk to us. To share their day, concerns, fears and joys. TO sit and get to know us. God is the same way. He is wanting His children to just sit at His feet in His presence getting to know HIM!
When was the last time you went to God with out a request but to just sit in His presence offering up Praise for who HE is?
2 Timothy 3:1-4
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, (NASB)
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