Acts 4:20 (NIV)
For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard
What topics dominate my conversation? What have I seen and heard that I “cannot help speaking about…”?
It’s not uncommon to go into the office and spend time (sometimes too much) chatting with my coworkers about really significant stuff…. Like, who sang what on the last round of American Idol, or what Jack Bauer is going to do in the next episode of 24. You know… real life & death stuff.
My children are forever remembering, and recounting, something they found particularly funny on SpongeBob Squarepants or “The Suite Life of Zach & Cody” or a scene from “Nacho Libre” (Ok, this movie WAS laugh out-loud funny!)
We spend countless hours dissecting play by play of the last football game we watched, or the last hockey game, golf tournament, baseball game, tennis match, basketball game, (fill in your favorite sport).
How much time TODAY have I spent talking about what Jesus has done in my life? How much time have I spent recounting how He has freed me and changed my life? How many people have I testified to about how Christ has transformed who I am? I am sad to say, not near as much as He deserves. If I cannot help but speak about what I have seen and heard, then the question becomes:
What am I seeing and hearing?
Are we – Am I – speaking with Father and hearing from my Daddy enough?
Father,
Today I ask for forgiveness for not speaking with you enough. I repent of my selfish, pride-filled ways that act like cotton in my ears and prevent me from hearing from You. Forgive me Papa that my speech and my conversations are more about “the stuff of life” and not the “Giver of Life.” Open my eyes to see You, open my ears to hear You and open my mouth to speak with You and testify about You. Help me today to converse with you across the kitchen table or at my desk. Let my conversations be more about You and less about me. Holy Spirit I invite you today to refill me – moment by moment – today. Amen
Running After Papa…