Meeting With God

      We have a new term these days called AI.  It stands for "artificial intelligence."  I got one in me mail because of changing my home owners insurance policy.  My new device has a woman's voice and talks to me and is able to do a  number of things but so far, it has not said anything about the gospel message.  The busy day has done much to keep men and women from speaking with God.  Our schedules are often crammed with all kinds of activities, programs, appointments and such.  We also find that much time is spent going to and from these appointments.  The result is that we spend far less time with God then before.  Life has not become simpler, but has become more complex.  There is one thing that often works to promote greater devotion in the lives of Christians.  It is adversity.   Psalm 55:17 says, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice."   
     When you look at the first verse of this Psalm, you see that it was when the Philistines took David in Gath.  David may have been a very devout man before, but He spent a good amount of time seeking God after his encounter with the Philistines.  The same can be said of believers today.  We often approach God once a day or maybe not at all when things are going well for us.  Then, when we add a little adversity, we find that we spend more time with God.  Maybe, even as much as David who said that he approached God in the evening, in the morning and at noon.  In other words, he spent all day with God.  How often do we spend a day with God?  It probably isn't too often.  As I look at the assortment of business cards on my desk, I can plainly see that they are appointment cards.  On each of them is a time written in which I need to be at that doctor's office.  What if we had an appointment card from God?  Would that help to make us come in the morning and at noon and at evening to seek Him?  It is clear that God desires us to meet with Him and to not restrict it to just a fleeting time in the morning.  One lesson we can learn from this Psalm is that God does have a way of getting us to move closer to Him.  It is through adversity.   Now, we can either come to God every day or wait until He mixes our lives with a little adversity.  So, take a lesson from the Psalmist and come to God before adversity hits.  You will be better prepared when it does come into your life if it hasn't already come.  Praise God today for His desire to have fellowship with His children. I really doubt if anyone will come up with a device that speaks the gospel message like a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.