Yesterday I was sitting with my wife over something at Timmy’s. After 27 years of marriage I still relish the chance to sit across from her over coffee or a meal and look into her eyes and connect. It is pretty easy just to have an arrangement called marriage where we each do what we do every day but we don’t actually take the time to really look into each other’s eyes and talk and connect and really see each other. It is something that we really need to with intent, otherwise there is a drift. This is true of every relationship that matters. If there isn’t eye to eye talk then something profound is missing.
But if Sandra and I didn’t really want to connect over a coffee or meal then it wouldn’t happen. Even after a 27 year marriage and the choice we made to choose each other there has to be a daily choice.
My relationship with Jesus is the same. If I want to get to know Him I can. He knows me. I am his creation and his son. He knit me together in my mother’s womb. He has loved me with an everlasting love. But in the craziness of life I can run like some robot and not stop and say, “Good morning.” He is there at the same time as my cup of coffee. But he sits there, patiently waiting for me to acknowledge Him. He’s a gentleman. He’s not gonna demand my attention. He wants me to know His Spirit is with me.
Yesterday Sandra and I could have just looked at our phones, as I see so many couples doing in restaurants and I’m thinking, “Why are you wasting good money on eating out with each other while all you’re doing is looking at your damnable phone.” Please. Instead of that we all need to grab each other’s eyes and really look into each other’s souls and see how we’re doing and see what our needs and even our wants are.
It is a good idea to get know Jesus personally. To get up and say, ‘Good morning” and tell Him, “whatever you want me to do today help me do that.” He’s got plans for us every day. He’s got people he wants us to love on. He said, “Call to me and I will answer you and show you amazing things you didn’t even know about.’ I want to know things about life and God that I didn’t know before. He is waiting there with a treasure trove of love and wisdom that he wants to share with me.
If I want it. If I want Him. His word is a crazy cool thing. Looking into His eyes through the Bible can be so rewarding if we really, really read it with intent.
These two verses alone made my day this morning: “Why should I fear in times of trouble? My foes surround me but I don’t need to worry about them. They are trusting in their wealth and power but my trust is in God who saved me. He bought me back from slavery with His own blood.”
That is chicken dinner for my soul right there. God was waiting there for me to know that this morning. He was just waiting to tell me that.
I’m glad He did.
