Has this happened to anyone else?

It has come to my attention that as I pray without ceasing (attempt to do so anyway…gets easier over time thank you HS), I have windows where I become alert that I’m not…praying.

Of course that’s going to be an outcome on the journey of sanctification.

But I have also found that in some of those moments I decide to shut God out of my mind.

Technically that’s impossible because, well, the person of the Holy Spirit already resides in me.

So as I write, I am compelled to make it a point to “invite” (better said as “acknowledge”) him into my conscience No matter what I am thinking or doing.

Why?

The hard admission is that there are only 2 reasons why I “block”, and they are both bad for my soul. Yes because I’m not obeying but even more so, HE created me for better.

Reason 1: I feel bad that I went for a while without acknowledging him in my mind (sometimes it’s a few minutes, other times it’s a few hours).

Reason 2: I am ashamed about what I am thinking or doing. I don’t want my sin to intersect with God. It’s embarrassing.

While those 2 reasons may seem ridiculous (and they are), they are part of how I think.

Here’s the upside to my life in constant prayer, it’s always WAY WAY better. I’m in sync with the Lord. And if I am confused about something, the Holy Spirit prompts me to seek wisdom from the Word (Gods primary means of communication with us).

Honestly I am writing this as a means of God sanctifying me.

I am publishing it so that maybe God can use it to impact you to seek him more consistently and be in his Word more often and more deeply.

Father, I pray that the Holy Spirit make me more aware of acknowledging you more and more throughout each day. And not just acknowledge but I pray I seek your counsel in all things big and small, that I praise you more, that I celebrate with you more, that I rest in you more. Father I pray that I ABIDE in Jesus because that’s where you are honored and I am whole…as you created me to be.

Father I pray the same for each man that reads this. May they embrace this thinking and seek the same.

In Jesus name,

Disciple Peter Snell