Invite God into Everything
Adapted from Trusting God Day by Day
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
God wants to help us with the things that seem big to us and with the things that seem less significant. He wants to help us when we feel desperate and when we don’t. I figured out years ago that everything in life is over my head; it’s all too much for me to handle alone. I used to run to God only when I thought I was desperate, but then one day I finally realized I was desperate all the time; I just didn’t know it.
The same is true for you. You are desperate for God all the time, whether you realize it or not. In John 15:5 Jesus says, Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing (ESV). As we abide in Him through faith, we can do everything, but apart from Him, we can do nothing that will have any real lasting value.
Our desperate need for God and His desire for us to abide in Him do not mean we have to sit around being “super spiritual” all the time. We do not need to feel obligated to read our Bibles or confine ourselves to a prayer closet for hours each day. It should be part of our lives, but we don’t need to feel as if we are being “spiritual” when we do it and “unspiritual” when we do other things. When we really love God and He is first in our lives, everything we do becomes spiritual in a way because we are doing it with Him, in Him, through Him, by Him, for Him, and to His glory.
Let me encourage you to invite God into every area of your life through faith. Jesus died so we could enjoy our lives—every part of them.
Prayer of the Day: Lord, I need You in every moment. Teach me to depend on You—not just in crisis, but in everything I do. Help me live and work through Your strength, amen.
