Take a minute (in some cases it may not even take that much time) to think of someone that you would love to meet and spend some time around and in turn, have them be interested in spending time getting to know you!
New Life Church recently welcomed Christine Caine to speak at a women's event on a Saturday morning and our two main services on Sunday morning. While I, along with many others, was so excited to learn from and sit under her teaching, God gave me a revelation. It can be so easy to idolize well known speakers, singers, actors and actresses, whom may even be Christians. It's great to have mentors, leaders, and friends, that we look up to and learn from, but Christians can tend to justify idolizing people because they are doing great things for God. While there is no doubt that there are awesome things that these people are doing, it does not justify our putting them above God and the place that he should have in our hearts and lives.
God also reminded me that if we had the same passion and zeal for wanting to meet with him and spend some time around him as much as we want to spend time around the people on this earth that we want to meet, our relationship with him would be a whole lot deeper. He is the Creator, the One who formed you and knew you before you were even born. He has given you access to His presence and there is no time constraint or long line to wait in before you can meet with Him. And not only does he know who you are, he knows you, knows the deepest parts about you. How awesome is that? The Creator of the earth, the One who formed you, knows you and wants to spend time with you! You don't have to watch from afar and wish that he'd come and spend some time with you, you have access right now. There has never been, nor will there ever be a time when your access is denied.
