Sorry to disappoint you but I’m not going to write about what you thought. I know one of those provocative titles again that suck you in then talk about something different. Not this one cause I do have an important question…..
‘what turns you on to God’
Not in any strange way but what actions, environments or mediums create that intense hunger and excitement for the things of God?
In Romans chapter 6 verse 11 it says “therefore reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to God through Christ Jesus our Lord” NKJV. The bible calls us to be dead to sin but alive to God however many times I see people that are the opposite, dead to God – alive to sin. Sometimes we know what turns us to sin better than we know what turns us to God.
For my own life I know what things make me alive to God. I love worship, I love new songs. I can be feeling down or discouraged but I know that when I listen to a song that declares the greatness of God or His love for us that it will pull me right out of that soulful living. I know that one sounds obvious but another thing that gets me dreaming big, thinking the way God wants me to think is the internet. Now I know that usually we just think of all the dodgy stuff that the web brings but it brings great things as well. I love reading blogs from great men of faith (I bit like this one actually ….. ha ha…. joking), listening to podcasts or just generally looking at what other churches and great ministries are doing. There is something about it that inspires me to do great things for the kingdom, to become all that God has called me to be.
However for you it could be totally different. Some love to be out in nature while praying, they are inspired by God’s creation. For me I get far too distracted, give me a closed room by myself any day. Others love listening to sermons and the word while sleeping. Once again I get too distracted or tangled up in the head phone cord. The deal is that there is no right or wrong way. No environment is better than another. It is what works for you.
So can you identify ‘what turns you on to God’. What environment; quiet and closed off, or open space filled with people? What time; early morning, late at night or on the way to work?
The question is not how you spend time with God. It is do you set aside time out of your busy schedule to meet with your saviour. The message bible says of this passage ‘sin speaks a dead language ... God speaks your mother tongue’. What is speaking to you right now?
Ps Marty I’Anson
