If you can come to love God in 10 minutes of time, you will find that you will spend more time with God. But if the 10 minutes are not fulfilling, then you will most likely do what you can when you can. So there are two pressures that we must deal with in this busy life so that we can love God for more than a moment a day. The first is our responsibility to seek God. The second is the simple complexity of a relationship with an all powerful, all knowing being.
To deal with the first I think the main issue is pain and suffering. If your life has pain and suffering in it, then you have distractions that labor to keep you from enjoying God. And let’s say that you do find one day that you deeply and passionately encountered God, all Satan needs to do is to turn up the pain dial and you will soon forget any blessing you might have received. It is the cares and worries of life, growing into real burdens and pressures, which choke out love for God.
So where should you start? Start by waiting. Simply take the 10 minutes and wait on God. You need not try to pray or communicate with God, He knows what you are doing. Just give that time to God and patiently, if you can, relax and wait. If your mind wonders you may take note of what thoughts have come to mind, but then gently turn back to the process of waiting on God to come to you.
I encourage you, if you have been a Christian for some time, not to use Scripture or a devotional. You only have 10 minutes and it will be better if you can be the offering and not try to find some wisdom, knowledge, principal or teaching. All those things are good, but what good will they truly be to you if you do not rightly and justly love the Lord. Do you think the Master does not know all those who replace Him with Scripture or some religious thoughts? Do you think God wants a relationship with you directly to through some book? Books are good yes, but direct connect is better.
This interacts with the second issue. God is more patient that we think. While we desire to go out and prove that we are good enough, God knows what we are and longs for us. We tend to think my love for God is revealed in the works that I do for God. We act like He will not see my cold heart of emotions if I give up something, if I sacrifice. Our labor and performance for the Lord matter and He does have works for us to do, but our first calling is the love the Lord God will all that is in us. ALL that is in us. Take 10 minutes and sacrifice them as you wait on God.
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