Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don’t do it! … I will protect you wherever you go. Jeremiah 45:5Jeremiah 45:5
English: Contemporary English Version (1999) - CEV
5 I am bringing disaster everywhere, so don't even think about making any big plans for yourself. However, I promise that wherever you go, I will at least protect you from death. I, the Lord, have spoken.
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The other day my son was looking up the meaning of remote and was surprised to find that it describes something far away and not just the remote control for our TV.
It got me thinking, does God relate to us by remote control? As I did my devotion and scripture reading for the day I began to think of how my distance from God relates to the degree of control I want to have of my life. Seems the more I want to be in control, the more I make this spiritual journey about me, the further I get from God.
God doesn’t manipulate me from a distance. But the more a do my own thing the further away I get. Seems to me that God wants to have an up close and personal relationship with us. Why would Jesus bother to become human and move into the neighborhood if that wasn’t the goal? And the closer I get to Jesus the more I can become like him as his purposes and patterns for living rub off on me.
Time to ditch the remote control and get close. Up close with God is where life is. God may be watching us from a distance as Bette Midler sang (circa Gulf War I) But I think God desires more than that. God wants to be close to us. oops there goes the remote!
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