Static

I was listening to a Christian radio station and really getting into the praise music....just getting my worship on...and it turns to static! Aaarrrggg!!! 

You want to, and maybe even do, grumble, complain, the raised hand becomes a raised fist! Ok...maybe a bit dramatic,

BUT it got me thinking!

Like in our relationship with our Lord, we can think we are really worshipping, feeling it and all of sudden...static!

But just like when you are in your car...the radio station or tower hasn't moved...you have.

In our walk with the Lord, if there is a lot of static, He hasn't moved, we have!

📖 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Though all we may hear is static, the music is still playing. 

We may have traveled into an area that could have things that cause interference.

Places that may almost completely block the signal or we have gotten too far from the source so that all we hear is the static, not what is actually there and intended

And what is the first thing we tend to do when we encounter static....just like when we are in our car....grumble and complain...."Where was God when I needed Him?" "Why are things so hard for me?!" "Why can't I just get the things I want in life?!"

But all that does is increase the static.

📖 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.  Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”  Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Philippians 2:13-15

We have to remove the things that cause interference and get ourselves to a place where we can clearly hear.

📖  He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matthew 11:15 (NKJV)

We need to make sure we are traveling on roads that keep us in proximity to our source of life

We need to be near to God.

📖 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8

🙏My prayer for you is that when you hit some static in your travels with Him, you are slow to grumble, quick to recognize the things causing interference and head away from them and can get back to full on worship!❤