Relationship with God

Last night's discipleship class at New River Worship Center was both enlightening as well as challenging.  Each of us are aware of the need to continue developing our relationship with Christ yet there are times that this is not the true priority of our lives.  We can find ourselves spiritually "coasting" and become comfortable with going through the motions of a religious routine or ritual.  This "coasting" can lead to the situation in which our hearts can become hardened to the Word of God.  Coasting can lead to our eyes becoming blinded to the enlightenment of the Spirit.  Coasting can lead to our ears becoming deaf to the direction and guidance of the Spirit.  How can we counteract those tactics of the enemy of our soul?  We reached the conclusion last night that the application of truth to our individual lives is the only true solution to that particular challenge of satan.  We must hear the Word and allow the Spirit to apply the Word to  our lives.  The process of application will strengthen our relationship with Christ and the strengthened relationship with Christ will place us in the right position as well as disposition to follow Christ into a lifestyle and attitude of obedience.  The Word of God is alive and powerful and it will make the proper adjustments to our lives as we continue the development of our relationship with Christ.  Place your relationship with Christ at the top of your priority list and recognize the difference that it will make in your journey through life.

In My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers wrote, "There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all costs, and God will fulfill His purpose through your life. . . . Always remain alert to the fact that where one man has gone back is exactly where anyone may go back . . . Kept by the power of God - this is the only safety."