“Remember that Mr. Organized friend of yours. He has everything in his iPhone sync perfectly with his computer.
He comes back home and docks his iPhone into some super cool hub (those you taught were the deco for the table).
Has everything perfectly synced. You watch with envy, making every possible mental note of doing the same.
You buy the same dock (to which you never came close to making it blend with your table), get the same software (cracked version, simply because the original one costs money) and try syncing your phone with your comp.
But if you’re like me, you probably gave up halfway because from the very beginning you have no system and to fix it takes too much time (or effort). That you gave that super cool looking dock and that software a bad name. “
This is exactly how I feel with my God (the use of “my” because He is a personal God).
I attend church (at times even running the risk of “playing” church), read the Bible, listen to Christian music, read Christian books.
Hoping to sync with God, having my contacts (relationships), messages (things I say), calendar (things I do) align with God’s will.
But truth be told, I never came close.
I read of pastors and great men of God waking up incredibly early to pray, to seek God. I never did them, but I always felt the guilt of not attempting.
I wanted to feel that great intimacy so often talked about, “feeling” the very heartbeat of God, having the same BPM as God.
Being in “Sync” with God in every area of their lives.
But it was always easier committed than done.
I’ve came to learn maybe I’m no Martin Luther, maybe waking up at 4am to pray is not for me. But still, He is MY God.
I’ve not came to a conclusion about how to exactly sync with God my way, but the guilt of not waking up early is needless.
Everyone can have his own way of sync-ing with God, as long as in the end of the day, the desire of God becomes personal.
Not because he is motivated by some charismatic speaker, but simply because God is so attractive that one wants to chase after Him relentlessly.
Knowing that God is chasing us relentlessly too.
