Where is He?

Do you feel out of touch with the Lord? Can you locate him anywhere? Does He seem out of reach? Do you see him when you attend Church? Do you really hear from Him during the sermon? Has He been showing up at your meetings? Is He in your imagination? Is there a true sense of His presence in your life? Can you tell when it's Him? Is it His perogative to speak with us? Is He avoiding our relgious habitat?

I don't have all of the answers but I am starting to see a correlation between our ability to recognize the movements of God and our willingness to not live in a controlled relgious atmosphere. Does the Spirit have room to live and breathe when totally ignored and un-invited? This is not a criticism of the institutional church. This is more about investigating the individual choices that we make. It has become very clear to me that there is NO substitute for a real relationship with Jesus Christ.

The Father will not bless our religious duty. He won't condone our self imposed moral ethics as a substitute because they violate the purpose of the cross. There is only one who had the righteousness to please the Father and He gave His life on our behalf. He was ressurrected on our behalf. All that is finished. Jesus said, "It is Finished". So what do we do now?

I think that asking the right questions is great place to start.