- When last have I gone into the presence of the Lord with joy?

So many times we approach the Lord full of guilt and shame.  Or we approach Him with negativity and need. So many times we approach Him feeling bad for all our sins and all we do is apologize and repent.

When last did we approach with a smile, full of joy and praising Him; despite our mistakes, mess-ups and weakneses. God knows all our weaknesses and it is nothing new to Him. God is also not surprised if we mess up or make a mistake.

I can just imagine being a father, and every time my son talks to me he just repents and cries. I would get so tired and irritated by him, in fact, i would try to avoid meetings with him because all he is going to do is repent out of guilt. I would want to enjoy my time with him. Of course there will be serious moments, but that cant be the norm. There must be a healthy balance.

Just in the same manner, i believe God is getting tired of us always repenting in His presence and never enter with joy. Let’s enter and approach Him full of joy despite all the bad things. Let’s enter with laughter the next time we pray. I want to change my prayer life by starting of with praise like I use to in the early stages of my salvation.

Just a thought: “If I fear someone, then I can’t love them purely, but if I love someone then there will be no fear. If I love God, then my fear will be healthy. If I fear God then my love will not be pure, and my relationship will be based on fear. My praying and reading the word will be based out of fear.”

Let’s reconsider our time spent with Him.

LETS GO!
Leon du Preez