Grace Enough For Today

If you've been following along with my blog, you know that the Lord has been speaking to my heart over the past several months about staying close to Him, pressing in, hiding in the cleft of His love. Today as I was spending time with Him, I had a thought flash through me that caught me completely off guard and made me realize the importance of spending time with Him daily.

This is what I heard in my spirit.  "I will give you grace sufficient to get through the day." Do you hear what I heard? "I will give you grace sufficient to get through the day."  I caught myself smiling.  "Oh, God," I thought, "you are a jealous God.  You want me to come back tomorrow and the next day and the next.  You want me to spend time with you each day, fellowshipping with you, getting enough grace, sufficient for that day."  You see, dear one, we were created solely to have fellowship with Him and that's all He wants from us.  From the very beginning, He wanted to walk with Adam in the cool of the evening, through the garden, every day!

He will give us the grace to get through today and then He wants us to come back tomorrow and spend more  precious time with Him.  If He gave us all the grace we needed in one fell swoop, we would have no need of more grace and we wouldn't return to our First Love!  My pastor talks about how we take showers and baths and get all shiny and clean, but by the next day, we need another shower.  This must be what he means!  We need to return to the One who makes us clean, makes us holy, gives us grace every day.

I thought about how five of my six children are grown and off doing their own thing.  How I long for the days when they come to visit me. How I get so excited when they show up at my door or when my phone rings and their name shows up on the caller ID.  Is that how my heavenly Father feels when I show up at His throne and ask to get in His lap?

What a precious thing He showed me.  He let me know that He loves me so much that He wants me to spend time with Him every day.  He wants to give me what I need each day, to make it through whatever comes my way and He wants to bless me with His presence and His grace.  I know of no other king who will do that for his people.

I can promise you this; if you make time for Him each day, your life will grow sweeter and you will begin to notice Him all around you as you walk throughout your day.  And when the tough times come, you will feel His strength and His guidance, because you have spent time with Him soaking up His glory and His grace!

From His Lap,