How do you get into alignment with God when the moment you awake life demands your attention?
The 67 unread work emails.
The kids missing school assignments.
Your doctor’s appointment.
And oh yeah your freezer won’t stay cold and your brakes are metal to metal.
Meeting the screaming demands of temporal needs pulls your attention and if you aren’t focused, diligent and discerning, you can easily drift away from God. It may not be a complete or quick falling away either. It’s more like a slow creep, inch by inch drifting farther and farther away.
Away from the intimacy of time spent in His presence
Away from the selfless abandon of pure worship
Away from the fervent, unceasing prayer life
Before you know it you look up and you’re bobbing alone in the middle of the sea. And that’s surely NOT where you want to be.
We also come out of alignment because we just want to do what we want to do. The world says, go your own way, blaze your own trail, do whatever you want to do. Not so! Jesus said He came to do the Father’s will. He wasn’t out there pushing His own agenda. Let us not be found leaning to our own understanding and doing whatever we want because that’s when we come out of alignment.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Proverbs 3:5-7
But you Beloved are the one that wants to get in alignment and remain in alignment. Being in alignment with God is operating in His perfect will. It is being obedient to what He tells you to do. It is walking in the paths He’s set before you. It is hearing from Him and doing what He says even when it is hard.
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. Proverbs 4:25-27
So how do we get into alignment?
Eliminate Distractions
The enemy is crafty and one of his most common strategies for derailing us is to draw our attention away from God. When the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh or the pride of life rise up we are drawn out of alignment. And this is where our enemy wants us. Like the Pied Piper he plays an alluring tune drawing our attention to social media, to what others are doing, to food, to anything he knows will attract our attention. So we have to walk circumspectly, being aware of his devices and stay focused on our God priorities.
Spend Time in Prayer and Meditation
When we spend time in prayer and meditation, we bring our will into alignment with His will. We hear from Him. He shows us great and mighty things that we do not know. Our minds are renewed. This is alignment.
Stay Aligned
Once you get aligned, you’ve got to fight to stay aligned. Just like it only takes hitting a pothole to get your car out of alignment, all it takes is one bump in the road of life to get you out of alignment. I’ve been blogging for over 7 years and my most popular post by a long shot is 4 Things We Must Know To Stay Aligned. Staying aligned is critical and requires maintenance.
Getting into alignment with God and staying in alignment is key to a prosperous life. When we are in alignment we position ourselves to receive His unmerited favor, to receive His mercy and to receive blessings
By the power of the Holy Spirit at work in you, you are walking in alignment with God!
Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. Joshua 1:7
As always, it is my prayer that you’ve been Inspired To Live Fully!
