Communicating with God.

The past couple of blogs, I have encouraged each of us to read our Bibles. I want to give you another reason to read your Bibles. That reason is, because that is how God communicates with us. Only in the most extreme circumstances when necessary will God talk to people in their dreams, and what have you. Usually when this happens, it happens to people who do no have access to a Bible, because it is outlawed in their country, and the only way they hear the gospel is through God directly talking to them in dreams, or visions.

For us, however, we have access to all sorts of Bibles in different colors, languages, and translations. For us, the Bible is how God directly communicates to us. In it, He tells us what to do, what not to do, and even gives examples. I recently read a news paper article about a high school kid who not only earned his high school diploma and was a football star, but he also completed a bachelors degree, and earned it at the same time he got his high school diploma. He used wise time management that was so effective that he even had time to have a girlfriend and socialize with his friends. If a high school kid can do all of that, then we have no excuse for not having time to read God's Word.

Now, everyone also knows that communication is a two way road. The Bible is how God communicates to us, we communicate to God in prayer. How often should we pray? Daily. How much should we pray each day? You'll have to figure that out for yourself, because it is different for different people. The Great Reformer, Martin Luther, was once quoted saying "I have so much to do today, that I should spend the first three hours in prayer." Granted none of us live the life that Luther did, so we might not have that much time to pray, but maybe some of us do and should.

Reading your Bible, and prayer, go hand in hand. One should never be done without the other. If all we do is pray, then we might as well be talking to a wall. If all we do is read God's Word, then there is no one to warn of the wall, and we'll run right into it. If we don't do either, then the wall falls right down on top of us.

Please make sure your communication with God is open, and going both ways.

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