“Tell God you are
ready to be poured out as an offering, and God will prove Himself to be all you
ever dreamed He would be.” When I read today’s “Daily Devotionals By Oswald
Chambers” I wanted to post it to FB, to share with my friends. But I have a
self-imposed rule to wait until the end of my devotions. For me my private
worship starts with a daily reading from OC- http://utmost.org/
, followed by Scripture readings from the DO, http://www.esvbible.org/devotions/bcp/
,
both online and close in a time of prayer.
Why the wait? I found
myself FB-mining during my devotions for posts, in others words, it had become
an idol that needed reshaping back to supportive technology and my FB friends,
part of creation not the creator redeemer I am committed to worship through his
son and sacrifice by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Wait because it
is not about look at FRED because of his
post. No, my devotions, private worship, is about the one I love, desire
and want to spend every moment in the presence of forever. The one who loved me
first when I was his enemy. So pray for me as I wait in the presence of the God
who has revealed himself through his creation, written word, incarnate son,
adoption sealed with his Holy Spirit and his redeemed covenantal community –
the church.
No, I am not going to
stop posting. I hope when I post it will be for the same reason people have
kept journals about their spiritual lives. Writing, telling a story helps make
something more real in our memories – memories that form who we are. Going
public makes it real. My prayer is that it will be real - not posed - edited - which all memories are. I hope and
pray that when I post out of my private devotions/worship it will draw the
reader/friend to a deeper/closer relationship with the God who reveals himself
as the one who went looking for a hiding Adam and Eve and me.
So when you are surfing
FB, feel free to stop and read or keep going. I know all my FB friends do not
share my faith and that is OK. I know we differ in other areas of life. But we
do share our posted lives on FB because we chose to accept a friend request.
Blessings.
