Do you ever feel like you've lost contact with God? There is no presence of the Holy Spirit to guide, comfort, and direct your life. Feels like you're on our own, making your own decisions, pursuing your own path through life. You're living the words to the hymn - “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the Lord I love.” God allows us to “wander” until we realize the emptiness we feel as we stumble along. We know something's not right, but we continue to “stumble” and “wander.” There's a reason why we find ourselves in this predicament...namely, we have forgotten what it means to submit to God's word...to be obedient...and as the popular song goes “we've lost that loving feeling and it's gone, gone, gone OOOOOH.” We've forgotten what it means to give up our lives for the purpose of making God our first and primary reason for living.

When we first feel that emptiness, that distance from the Lord, we need to step back, evaluate our lives and ask ourselves this question...”am I sold out to Jesus as my Lord, or am I trying to live a superficial Christianity where I place my own aspirations and pursuits above those of the Lord Jesus?” Dr. Charles Stanley regularly reminded us - “God will not use any of us until He has broken us.” He was talking about “breaking” us from ourselves...he was talking about making the Lord Jesus our preeminent desire. Apart from making the “sold out to Jesus as my Lord” decision, we will not experience that assurance, that enduring power, that fullness, which is key to the Christian's joy. My prayer for you and me this day is this: Lord, we are indeed “prone to wander...prone to leave the God we love.” The song goes on and becomes our prayer:

“Here's my heart, oh take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above.” Amen.

Walk with the King today and be a blessing.