"And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever."
Moroni 10:7
This struck me I think just because it reminded me of how God works. And it is worth considering that it isn't God that is closer and farther away and who seems to stop talking to us, but it is rather the fluctuations in our own faith that makes us more and less tuned in and able to hear his voice. When Enos talks about his "wrestle" (Enos 1:2) before God, that is what I always think of... that it wasn't wrestling *with* God, and trying to get him to tell him something, but that rather it is sort of a wrestle with ourselves... to dedicate the time and the effort and the focus that it takes to truly commune with God on a deep level, and get a promise like Enos got.
We connect with God in our lives sometimes, but I think too often we think that because we were in tune one day and it clicked and worked that it will be that way always, even when we aren't that in tune all the time, and we let our lives distract us with so many things. There is a clear reason that the prophets and apostles are talked about as fasting and praying so often... because those things help us focus and get the spirit into our lives. Likewise, distractions and fun things in our lives aren't inherently evil, and we should have fun with our friends and our families and build good memories, but it is when we let those things (or any other things) get in the way of our relationship with the Lord that they are questionable, because we too often dedicate time and resources to those things rather than to the cause of God and his gospel.
Today, let's remember that Faith is the way that God works with us, and how easily ours fluctuates. If we want God to be more consistent with us, and closer to us, then we have to be more consistent with him, and move closer to him. He is always there (today, tomorrow and forever), waiting to converse with us, if we call on him and are able to hear.
Moroni 10:7
This struck me I think just because it reminded me of how God works. And it is worth considering that it isn't God that is closer and farther away and who seems to stop talking to us, but it is rather the fluctuations in our own faith that makes us more and less tuned in and able to hear his voice. When Enos talks about his "wrestle" (Enos 1:2) before God, that is what I always think of... that it wasn't wrestling *with* God, and trying to get him to tell him something, but that rather it is sort of a wrestle with ourselves... to dedicate the time and the effort and the focus that it takes to truly commune with God on a deep level, and get a promise like Enos got.
We connect with God in our lives sometimes, but I think too often we think that because we were in tune one day and it clicked and worked that it will be that way always, even when we aren't that in tune all the time, and we let our lives distract us with so many things. There is a clear reason that the prophets and apostles are talked about as fasting and praying so often... because those things help us focus and get the spirit into our lives. Likewise, distractions and fun things in our lives aren't inherently evil, and we should have fun with our friends and our families and build good memories, but it is when we let those things (or any other things) get in the way of our relationship with the Lord that they are questionable, because we too often dedicate time and resources to those things rather than to the cause of God and his gospel.
Today, let's remember that Faith is the way that God works with us, and how easily ours fluctuates. If we want God to be more consistent with us, and closer to us, then we have to be more consistent with him, and move closer to him. He is always there (today, tomorrow and forever), waiting to converse with us, if we call on him and are able to hear.
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