Assuming God

We live our Christian lives assuming that God is. Each breath assumes God will us another one. Each morning assumes God will carry us through another day. Each prayer assumes that God is listening. Each sin assumes that God will forgive us.

Don’t read this wrong. I’m not saying that God does not do these things, but rather we go through our day assuming that God will continue to sustain us. Our sinful state deserves none of God and yet we have complete access to Him. The mercies that are bestowed upon us each and everyday are not a product of our own good works, but rather the provision from the Father. Through our Savior, Jesus Christ, we have been given every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Only through His blood has salvation been granted to us; belief in anything else is not the gospel that saves.

My own heart is more conscious of God around me. Before I left for Israel, my good friend, SKH, gave me some advice that I have not forgotten. He prayed that I would see and live spiritually; that I would not be focused on the physical, but everything through the work of the Spirit in me. I pray that we can all give God the credit that is due His name in everything that we see, hear, and do.

Don’t assume God, thank Him.